148 



Size of C. t. iinnnncula ; wing ^ 10 in. ; 

 similar in general colouration, but with 

 sides of face dull blue-grey like head ; 

 ^tail blue-grey banded with black, instead 

 of rufous. 

 299i. Cerchneis tinnuncula rupicola Daud. .Traite, 

 ii., p. 135 (1800). [ex. Levaill— Ca^e of 

 Good Hope.] South African Kestrel. 



Smaller ; wing <^ 8.70-9.20, ? 9-9.60 in. ; 

 (J above deep bay, with broad arrow-head 

 markings of black ; head and hind neck 

 uniform, streaked with black ; rump, 

 upper tail-coverts and tail bluish grey, 

 latter with broad black subterminal band 

 and white tips ; throat rufous white ; 

 below bay colour, streaked on breast and 

 arrow-headed on flanks with black ; ? 

 more banded above ; tail with extra dark 

 bars, besides the subterminal one. 

 300. Cerchneis moluccensis moluccensis Hombr. 

 & Jacq., Voy. Pole Sud. Zool. Atlas, pi. 1., 

 f. i. (1842) et texte iii., p. 46 (1853). [Moluc- 

 cas ?] 



Moluccan Kestrel. 

 [C. t. orientalis a synonym.] 



Smaller; wing (^ 7.85 (Celebes) -9.20 

 (Java), ? (Flores) 9 in. ; paler, with more 

 greyish cheeks and ear-coverts, much 

 whiter under wing-coverts and lighter 

 underside. 

 300a. Cerchneis moluccensis occidentalis A. B 

 Meyer & Wiglesw., Abhandl. Bcr. Mus. 

 Dresd. 1896-7, No. 2, p. 8. [Celehes.] 

 Javan Kestrel. 



S. Africa, 



(Natal, 



Cape 



Colony, 



Damara: 



land) . 



Molucca Is. 



(Amboyna, 



Bouru, 



Ceram, 



Coram, 



PeUng Is., 



Halmahera , 



Morotai, 



Ternate, 



Batchian) . 



Celebes, 

 Lesser 

 Sunda Is. 

 to Kan- 

 gean ; Java. 



