137 



290. 



Wing (^ 9.7, ? 10.5 in. ; above slaty blue, 

 darker on head and lighter on rump ; 

 primaries and tail barred on inner webs 

 with rufous ; hind neck tinged with rufous, 

 forehead white ; throat and sides of neck 

 reddish white ; below pale dull rufous, 

 with a few dark shaft-stripes on breast 

 and obsolete grey bars on flanks. 

 Falco longipennis longipennis Swains., 

 Anim. in Menag., p. 341 (1838). [Tasmania^ 

 [ -=F. lunulatus Lath.] 

 Little Falcon. 



East 



Australia ; 

 Tasmania. 



Smaller. ' 



290a. Falco longipennis murchisonianus Math., South and 

 Nov. ZooL, xviii., p. 252 (1912.) [E. Mid. West 

 Murchison. ] Australia. 



Murchison Falcon. 



Larger than last form, and differs from 

 typical form in its blue-grey upper surface 

 and paler under surface. 

 290b. Falco longipennis apsleyi Math., Austral. Northern 

 Av. Rec. i., p. 33 (1912). [Melville Is- Territory; 

 land.] N.W. 



■ Northern Little Falcon. Australia. 



[Not seen.] 

 290c. Falco longipennis hanieli Hellmayr, Avif. 

 Timor, p. 100 (1914). [Timor.] ' 

 Timor Little Falcon. 



Timor. 



Wing (^ 8.5 in. ; above dark slate grey, 

 blackish on interscapulary region ; pri- 

 maries and tail feathers dark brown, latter 

 barred with fulvous on inner web ; fore- 

 head buffy white ; throat and sides of 

 neck white, washed with rufous ; below 

 rusty red, with central streaks of black 

 on breast and sides ; under wing-coverts 

 buff, streaked with black. 



