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308c. Cerchneis sparveria paulus Howe and King, Florida, 



Contr. N. Amer. Orn., i., p. 28 (1902). Peninsula 



[Florida.] Bahama 



Florida Kestrel. Islands.?* 



308d. 



Size small ; wing ad. 6.9 in. ; above more 

 heavily banded with black, the tail barred 

 broadly with black even when mature, but 

 bars obsolete on central feathers in some 

 examples ; below creamy white, chest 

 washed with fawn, with large black spots 

 on breast and sides. 



Cerchneis sparveria carrihbcearum Gmel., 

 S.N., i., p. 284 (1788). [ex. Briss. "An- 

 tilles," type loc. sugg. Dominica.'] 

 Antillean Kestrel. 



Lesser 



Antilles 



(St. Lucia, 



Dominica, 



Guada- 



loupe, 



Antigua, 



Montserrat, 



Anguilla, 



Virgin 



Gorda, St. 



Thomas) to 



Porto 



Rico.t 



Wing S 6.80 in. ; head slate, usually 

 wihout rufous on crown, and black bands 

 on back nearly absent ; below white, | 

 unspotted in oldest birds, or with a few 

 black spots on sides in less mature ; inner 

 webs of primaries white, the black bars 

 nearly obsolete ; $ with bands above 

 narrower than in typical form ; below 

 much whiter, slightly streaked on sides of 

 breast with pale brown. 



* I am unable to say definitely what race inhabits the Bahama Islands, 

 not having seen examples. 



+ I am unable to separate the Porto Rico race [Cerchneis sparveria 

 loquacula Riley, Smith. Coll., xlvii., p. 284, 1904 ; Vi^nes J.] as so far as the 

 scanty material available shows it is not distinguishable from caribbcearum. 



X Almost dead white in Cuban birds, with scarcely any colour on chest, 

 but two San Domingo examples seen have a strong cinnamon shade on chest ; 

 as they show one or two spots on sides they are apparently younger birds. 



