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276. 



Smaller than F. p. peregrinus ; wing ^ 

 10.95-11.40, ? 11.10-1 l.BO'in. ; above much 

 paler bluish grey, the cross bars fainter ; 

 crown dusky brown instead of black, the 

 fore part tinged with rufous ; entire hind 

 neck rusty red, with some dusky mottlings; 

 fore part of ear-coverts and cheek stripe 

 blackish ; throat and sides of neck bufhsh 

 white ; below pale buffy fawn, breast 

 unspotted, but sides with a few blackish 

 spots, becoming bars on under wing and 

 tail-coverts. Younger birds dark brown 

 above, with rufous margins ; hind neck 

 creamy white, tinged with rufous; below 

 creamy white, breast and flanks streaked 

 with brown, more broadly on the latter. 

 Falco pelegrinoidea pelegrinoides Temm., 

 PI. Col. 479 (1830?) [Nuhia^ [^-F. bar- 

 banis Linn. ? and F. punicus Levaill. jun.] 

 Barbary Falcon. 



N. Africa 

 (N. of the 

 Sahara) 

 from W. 

 Morocco 

 to Egypt ; 

 in winter 

 S. to 

 Khartoum. 



Said to be darker above. [Doubtful 

 form.] 

 276a. Falco pelegrinoides arahicus Erlanger, 

 J.f.O. 1903, p. 293 [Lahadsch, type in 

 BerUn Mus.] 



Larger ; wing ^ 12, ? 13 in. ; above lighter 

 bluish grey ; fore part of crown more 

 rufous ; hind part of crown greyish black ; 

 nape and hind neck clear rufous, with 

 darker centres to many of the feathers ; 

 below buffy white, with arrow-head brown 

 spots on centre of belly and bars on the 

 sides ; throat and chest unspotted. 



