284 M. Menzbior on the Birds of European 



than those from Central and Western Europe, and nearly as 

 dark as Faico atriceps from North-western India. 



After a careful examination of several specimens of the 

 Peregrine Falcon from Scandinavia, preserved in European 

 Museums, I am convinced now that F. p. abietinus is only a 

 small variety of F. p. cornicimi, replacing it in the mountain- 

 country of Sweden and Norway. 



(C) Falco peregrinus brevirostris. 



This race of tlie Peregrine Falcon generally is larger than 

 the others, in comparison with which it has a shorter and 

 larger bill. 



Adult male. The colour of the upper part of F. p. brevi- 

 rostris is intermediate between that of F. ]). griseiveutris and 

 F. p. coi'nicum, this race being more deeply coloured than the 

 former and more clearly than the latter. 



Above bluish grey, with darker-coloured head, which is 

 streaked with narrow shaft-stripes of blackish ash ; back and 

 wing-coverts barred with dark grey ; cheeks and moustaches 

 blackish grey, the former clearer than the latter; under 

 surface of the body M'hite, tinged with rosy yellow on the 

 throat and breast, and with delicate grey on the abdomen, 

 flanks, and thighs ; chin spotless ; throat with narrow lon- 

 gitudinal spots of black ; breast, abdomen, flanks, and thighs 

 crossed with narrow bars of blackish, taking the form of 

 spots in the centre of the breast and abdomen ; under wing- 

 coverts blackish grey spotted with whitish. With the advance 

 of age the white colour on the under surface of the body 

 becomes more and more pure, the spots and bars nearly dis- 

 appear, and the quite adult bird has nearly the whole surface 

 of the body spotless, only with a faint trace of grey. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but much lai^ger. 



Young male. Generally similar to the young male of Falco 

 peregrinus cornicum, but not so deeply coloured, and with a 

 whiter nape. 



Young female. Similar to the young male. 



This race of the Peregrine Falcon is resident in Central 

 Russia, where it breeds in the large woods of all the Govern- 



