CERCIINEIS. 



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Tinniinculus ceiichris, Triatram, I1)is, 1865, p. 259; Smmdcrs, Ibis, 1871 

 p. 5'J; Bree, liirds Eur. 2nd ed. i. p. 48, pi. — (1875). 



Falco tiunimculoides, Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 48, pi. — (1866). 



Cerchneis uaiinianni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 435 (1874); id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 277 (1899) ; 2\\'hrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 10 (1899). 



The eggs of the Lesser Kestrel resemble generally those of 

 C. tinnuncidus, but they are, on the whole, much paler. The ground 

 varies from cream-colour to rich bufi', and the markings are smaller 

 and less dense than on the eggs of the Common Kestrel ; in 

 many respects they are similar to those on the eggs of F. jugger 

 and F. chicquera. They measure from 1*3 to 1'45 in length, and 

 from I'OS to 1'2 in breadth. 



1. Utrera, Andalucia {Col.L. H. Irhy). 

 5. Seville, Spain, 9th May (//. 



Saunders). 

 3. Seville, 9th May (i/. &). 

 5. Seville, 9th Mav (J/.-S.). 

 5. Seville, 9th May (//. .S'.). 

 3. Cilli, Stvria. 



1. (,'illi, 18th May. 



2. Cilli, 24th Mav. 



3. CWW (Crowfoot Coll.). 



3. Voukhori, Greece, 31ay ( W. H. 



Simpson). 



4. Uragniana, Parnassus, 15th May 



(H. Seehohm). 



4. Galata, W. coast of Greece, 17th 



Mav' ( W. H. Si/npsun : Tris- 

 tram Coll.). 

 3. Asia Minor, 24th April [T. Kriiper). 



3. Smyrna, 23rd May (T. K.). 



5. Cyprus, Kith MaJ^ 



4. Laruaka, Cyprus. 



1. Ileshbon, Palestine, 30th April 



{H. B. Tristram). 

 1. Safed, Palestine, 10th May {H. 



B. T.). 



1. Safed, 25th Mav {H. B. T). 



2. Egypt. 



2. El Djcm, Tunis, May. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvio-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Gudman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Cerchneis sparveria (Linn.). 



Tinnimculus sparverius, Baedeker, Eier Eur. 7 oV/. tab. 74. lig. 7 (1855-63) i 



Breicer, N. Amcr. Ool. pt. i. p. 16, pi. ii. figs. 13, 14, 15, & 15 a 



(1856) ; A. ^- E. Netcton, Ibis, 1859, p. 03. 

 Falco (Tinnunculus) sparverius, Baird, Breicer c^- Ridyio. N. Am. Birds, 



iii. p. 109 (1874). 

 Cerchneis sparveria, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 437 (1874) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 277 (1899). 

 Falco sjjarverius, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Anivr. Birds, i. p. 309, pi. x. 



figs. 11-16 (1892). 



The eggs of the American Kestrel are of a broad oval or elliptical 



