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297. Falco columbarius cohimharius Linn., S.N., 

 i., p. 90 (1758). \^' America," ex. Catesby = 

 Carolina.^^ 

 Pigeon Hawk. 



N. America 

 in winter 

 S. to 

 W. Indies 

 and North. 

 S. America. 



Darker form. 



297a. Falco columbarius suckleyi Ridgw., Bull. N.W. 



Essex Inst., v., p. 201 (1873). [Shoalwater America, 



Bay, Washington.'] Sitka to N. 



Suckley's Merlin. California. 



297b. 



Size similar ; wing S 7.65-8, $ 8.50-8.85 

 in. ; ^ above rather lighter slate blue, 

 with the black shaft-lines ; below rather 

 more rufous ; tail slaty blue, tipped with 

 white and with broad subterminal band, 

 the other black bands nearly obsolete ; 

 $ above dark brown, tail with 5 narrow 

 pale bands ; below dull white streaked 

 with brown. 



Falco columbarius cesalon Tunst.,Orn. Brit, 

 p. 1 (1771) [ex. Pennant, British Isles.] 

 Common Merlin. 



N. Europe 

 to Brit. 

 Isles and 

 Central 

 Russia ; in 

 winter S. to 

 N. Africa. 



Size similar ; wing (^ 7.75-8.10 in. ; ^ 

 above lighter grey ; $ above paler brown ; 

 much less heavily striped below. 

 297c. Falco columbarius insignis (Clark), Pr. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus., xxxii., p. 470 (1907). 

 [Fusan, Korea.] 

 Asiatic Merlin. 



Asia ; 

 Turkestan 

 to China, 

 Japan and 

 Ussuriland; 

 in winter to 

 Cyprus, 

 Syria, 

 India, 

 S. China. 



