78. CEKCHNEIS. 443 



«. (5 iuiiu. sk. Monte Verde, Cuba, Smithsonian Institution. 



July 18, 1807 (C. 

 Wright). 



17. Cerchneis sparverioides. 



Falco sparverioides, Vig. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 436 (1828); UOrb. in 

 Ramon de la Sagra, N. H. Cuba, Ois. p. 80, pi. 1 (1839) ; Fraser, 

 Zool. Typ. pi. 30 (1849); Ridgw. Pr. Phil. Acad. 1870, p. 149. 



Tinnunculus sparverioides, Grai/, Gen. of B. i. p. 21 (1844); Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 27 (1850) ; Strickl. Orn. 8yn. p. 100 (1850) ; Scl. Sf 

 Salv. Nommcl. p. 121 (1873). 



Poecilomis sparverioides, Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 53 ; Bp. Rev. et 

 May. de Zoo/.1854, p. 537. 



Adult. Above entirely dull slaty blue, with a tinge of rufous on 

 the interseapulary region ; lower rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail 

 deep bay, the latter tipped with ashy, before which is a tolerably 

 broad bar of black ; quills black, inner secondaries slaty grey like 

 the back ; under surface of wings whitish, v\ath a few obsolete re- 

 mains of bars on the primaries ; sides of the face and throat whitish ; 

 under surface of body deep chestnut-fawn, inclining to fulvous on 

 vent and base of under tail-coverts ; flanks somewhat shaded with 

 greyish, with indications of one or two faint blackish spots ; under 

 .wing-coverts white, spotted with black. Total length 10 inches, cul- 

 men 0-65, wing 6-8, tail 4-8, tarsus 1-4. 



Hab. Cuba. 



a. Ad. sk. Cuba. 



18. Cerclmeis vespertina. 



Vari^tg singuliere du Hobreau, Buff: PL Enl. i. pi. 431 (1770). 

 Falco vespertinus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 129 (1760); Roux, Orn. Prov. 



i. p. 56, pis. 35-38 (1826) ; Macgill. Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 313 (1840); 



Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 93 (1855) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Fale. p. 33(1862); 



Bias. Ibis, 1862, p. 65; Neivt. Ooth. Wolley. p. 110 (1864) ; Ueyl. Sf 



Gerbe, Orn. Europ. i. p. 89 (1867) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 39 

 - (1869) ; Salvad. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 21 (1871) ; Neivt. ed. Yarr. Brit. 



B. i. p. 69 (1871); Shar2)e S,- Dresser, B. Eur. part 1 (1871) ; Shelley, 



B. Egypt, p. 193 (1872); Schl. Mus. P.-B. Revue Accipitr. p. 46 



(1873). 

 Ingrian Falcon, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 1, p. 102 (1781). 

 Falco rufus. Scop. Eel. Faun, et Flor. Insubr. ii. p. 36, pi. xix. (1786). 

 Falco rufipes, Beseke, Vog. Kurl. p. 20, t. 3, 4 (1792) ; Temm. Man, 



d'Orn. i. p. 33 (1820) ; Natwi. Vog . Deutschl. i. p. 311, Taf. 28 (1822) ; 



Werner, Atlas, Rapaces, pi. 13 (1827) ; Kittl. Kvpf. Vog. p. 4, pi. 3. 



lig. 1 (1832) ; Gould, B. Eur. i. pi. 23 (1837) ; Schl. u. Suse^n. Vog. 



Eur. Taf. 13 (1839-45) ; Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 44 (1843); Kjm-b. 



Orn. Dan. Afb. iii. fig. 3 (1851) ; Fritsch, J'cig. Eur. tab. 3. figs. 8, 9 



(1858). 

 Falco erythrourus, Rajin. Caratt. Ntiovi Gen. Avium, p. 5 (1810). 

 Cerchneis vespertinus, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 314. 

 Pannyschistes rufipes, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 87 (1829). 

 Erytliropus vespertinus, Brehm, Isis, 1830, p. 796, et Voq. Deutschl. 



p. 76 (1831 ) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 26 (1850) ; id. Rev. et Mag. de Zool, 



1854, p. 537 ; Peh. Verh. z.-b. Wicn, .xiii. p. 629 (1863) ; Locke, 



