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277a. Falco hiarmicus tanypterus Schleg., Krit. Nubia, 



Uebers. ii., p. 11 (1844). [Nubia and Egypt, 



Abyssinia ; restricted type loc. Ntibia.] Arabia, 



Nubian Lanner. Palestine. 



277b. 



277c. 



277d. 



Very slightly larger ; wing c^ 12.90-13.60 ; 

 $ 14.35-14.85 in. ; lower parts more 

 heavily spotted with black. 

 Falco biarniicus abvssinicus Neum., J.f.O. 

 1904, p. 369. [Slica ; type in Tring Mus.] 

 Abyssinian Lanner. 



Similar to F. b. feldeggii, but paler and less 

 marked with blackish on crown, also 

 slightly smaller ; wing c^ 12.20-12.80, 

 9 13.35-14.25 in. 



Falco biarmicus erlangeri Kleinschm., 

 Aquila, viii., p. 33 (1901). [Tunis and 



Tangier, N. Morocco, 

 Schmidt's coll.] 

 North African Lanner. 



types in Klein- 



Size about the same ; wing S 12.20-12.90 ; 

 $ 13.65-14.10 in. ; with the under parts 

 much more heavily spotted than in jF. b. 

 biarmicus and the ground colour more 

 creamy white ; crown and nape creamy 

 rufous. 



Falco biarmicus feldeggii Schleg., in Vogel 

 Europas von Susemihl, tafl. 8a (1843 or 

 1844) ; idem Abh. Geb. Zool. iii., p. 2-3 

 (1844). [Dalmatia.] 

 European Lanner. 



Larger ; wingcJ 13.85-14.70, $ 15.45-16.60 

 in. ; head pale rufous to rufous white. 



Abyssinia, 

 Shoa, 

 Gallaland, 

 Blue and 

 White 

 Niles, 

 Sudan to 

 Hausa land 

 & Togoland 



N. Africa 

 (Atlas 

 district 

 from Tunis 

 to W. 

 Morocco) . 



S. Europe 

 (Balkan 

 countries 

 [not ex- 

 tending to 

 Russia], 

 S. Italy. 



