134 



[Not seen.] 



285e. Falco subbuteo erkutcnsis Johansen, Orn. Siberia ; 



Jahr., XXV., p. 83 (1915). {Irkutsk Guv.^, Irkutsk 



Siberian Hobby. Govt. 



Wing c? 9.60-10, ? 9.75-10 in, ; sexes dis- 

 similar ; ^ above dark plumbeoiis ; tail 

 black ; below blue-grey with faint blackish 

 shaft-stripes ; thighs, vent and under tail- 

 coverts chestnut ; under wing-coverts 

 greyish black ; cere and feet brownish 

 red ; $ head and neck rufous ; above ashy 

 grey, barred with darker grey ; primaries 

 barred with reddish white on inner webs ; 

 throat and cheeks reddish white ; below 

 rufous. 

 286. Falco vespertinus vespertinus Linn., S.N. 

 ed. xii., i., p. 129 (1766). [" higria" 

 =Prov. St. Petersburg.] 

 Red-footed Falcon. 



E. and C. 

 Europe, N. 

 to Sweden 

 and 



Archangel ; 

 W. Siberia* 

 Asia Minor; 

 cas. 



Brit. Isles ; 

 in winter S. 

 to Africa. 



286a. 



Smaller ; wing <^ 9.25-9.70 in. ; cJ under 

 wing-coverts pure white, instead of greyish 

 black ; feet orange ; $ head browner and 

 below paler rufous, the breast white 

 broadly streaked with black, becoming 

 bars on the flanks. 



Falco vespertinus amurensis Radde, Reisen 

 S. von O. Sibir., ii., p. 102 (1863). [Amur.] 

 Eastern Red-footed Falcon. 



S.E. 



Siberia ; 

 Mongolia, 

 N. China ; 

 in winter to 

 India and 

 E. Africa. 



* Hartert considers F. v. obsciirns Tschusi from W. Siberia to be a 

 synonym. 



