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276b. Falco pelegrinoides babylonicus Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 218, pi. vii. [Oudh, type in 

 Norwich Mus.] 

 Red-capped Falcon. 



C. Asia, 

 from 



Turkestan 

 and E. 

 Persia to 

 Afghani- 

 stan and 

 N.W.India; 

 Mesopo- 

 tamia ; in 

 winter S. to 

 India ; also 

 to Sudan 

 in Africa. 



277. 



Size similar ; wing ,^ 12, ? 14 in. ; fore- 

 head whitish ; fore part of crown black ; 

 rest of crown and nape brick-red, with 

 black shaft stripes ; moustachial stripe, 

 feathers round eye and band down side 

 of neck black ; above dark brown, barred, 

 except on interscapulary region, with blue- 

 grey, inclining to fulvous on scapulars and 

 secondaries and more regular and paler 

 grey on rump ; tail regularly barred with 

 fulvous grey and blackish brown ; below 

 vinous huffish, warmer on breast ; streaked 

 on chest and slightly spotted on sides with 

 blackish in most birds, but nearly un- 

 spotted in oldest examples. 

 Falco biar miens biarmicnsTemm. , PI. Col. 

 hvr. 55, pi. 324 (1825). [Kaffirland and 

 Cape Colony.] 

 South African Lanner. 



S. Africa, 

 N. to 



Angola and 

 E. Africa. 



Slightly larger; wing S 12.35-12.85, 

 $ 14-14.75 in. ; above darker and more 

 uniform ; nape less rufous; slightly more 

 spotted below, but with the ground colour 

 more huffish white, and the chest as a rule 

 free from markings. 



