151 



304. 



Smaller ; wing ^ 7.4 , $ 8.2 in. ; c^ above, 

 including head and neck, light rufous, 

 streaked on head and neck and arrow- 

 headed on scapulars and wing-coverts with 

 black ; rump and upper tail-coverts dark 

 bluish grey with more or less of black 

 arrow-head markings ; tail bluish grey 

 banded with black, the subterminal band 

 very broad ; forehead, sides of head and 

 under parts creamy white, tinged with 

 rufous on chest, which is marked with 

 elongated black spots, becoming more oval 

 on breast and flanks ; under wing-coverts 

 white, streaked with black ; $ similar. 

 Cerchneis newtoni Gurney, Ibis, 1863, p. 34, 

 pi. 11. {Madagascar.^ 

 Madagascar Kestrel. 



Madagas- 

 car. 



305. 



Size similar ; wing (^ 7, $ 7.6 in. ; above 

 dull foxy rufous, with rather broad bars 

 of black ; head with blackish shaft-stripes; 

 tail deep bay, with 6 bands of black ; 

 below white, with large oval spots of 

 brownish black, smaller and more longi- 

 tudinal on flanks ; $ similar. 

 Cerchneis punctata Temm., PI. Col., i., pi. 

 45 (1823). {Isle de France.'] 

 Mauritiiis Kestrel. 



Mauritius. 



306. 



Smaller ; wing ^ 5.6, $ 6.3 in. ; ^ above 

 maroon-chestnut, with a few black shaft- 

 lines and spots, chiefly on wing coverts 

 and scapulars ; rump, upper tail-coverts 

 and tail bluish grey, latter with broad 

 subterminal and 4 other black bands ; 

 head dark bluish grey ; sides of face paler ; 

 below isabelline fawn colour, unspotted ; 

 $ scarcely differs. 



Cerchneis gracilis (Less.) Traite, p. 93 

 (1831). {Seychellesl 

 Seychelles Kestrel. 



Seychelles 

 Is. 



