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type. Both are taken on earthy ledges on big cliffs in 

 California and New Mexico. 

 Falco r. rusiicolns, Linn. Norwegian Gyrfalcon. c/4. Taken 

 by Dr. Bjorkborn, near Hetta, Lapland ; eggs laid in old 

 Raven's nest on ledge of cliff. 

 y. islandus, Brilnnich. Iceland Falcon. Fine series. My 

 only 5 was taken on April 24, 1904, by Paul Thorarinsson, 

 in North Iceland. Nest in crevice of high rocks above a 

 river. An egg in one of the 4's is nearh^ white. I like 

 the red and white mottled type best. A 4 comes from the 

 Belga Mountains. 

 ,, r. candicans, Gmel. Greenland Falcon, c/3. Eggs laid 

 in an old Raven's nest on rocks, Ponds Baj', Baffinland. 

 Rhynchofalco f. septentrionalis, Todd. Northern Aplomado Falcon. 

 c/4. Nest on a dagger plant, 18 feet from ground, on 

 prairie. From Texas. 

 leracidea b. herigora {Vigors and Horsi.). Striped Brown Hawk. 

 c/3. Nest in a small gum tree. From South Australia. 

 ,, J), occidentalis Gould. Western Brown Hawk. c/2. 



Taken by Mr. Orton at Moora, West Australia ; eggs 

 laid in an old Raven's nest. 

 Cerchneis t. tinnunciilus {Linn.). Common Kestrel. Fine series. 

 From Britain, France, Germany, Lapland, Spain and 

 Cyprus. 

 /. rupicoJaeformis {Brehm.). Egyptian Kestrel, c/2. 

 ,, /. canariensis, Koenig. Canarian Kestrel, c/3. Taken 



by E. T. Kennedy on April 14, 1893, at Teneriffe. 

 ,, f. japonicus {Temm. and Schleg.). Japanese Kestrel, c/2. 

 Eggs in hole on steep hillside. From Shinano, Japan. 

 /. interstinctus, McCleland. Eastern Kestrel, c/3. !Eggs 

 from Teheran, Persia, sent by Mr. H. W. Maclean. 

 Mr. Stuart Baker named them as above, but they probably 

 come under tinnuncutus now. 

 /. nipicolus {Daud.). South African Kestrel, c/3, 3/2. 

 c. cenchroides {Vig. and Horsf.). Nankeen Kestrel, c/2. 

 r. rupicoloides, (Smith). Larger African Kestrel, c/4. 



Collected by Mr. R. H. Ivy near Grahamstown. 

 nei&toni {Gurney). Madagascar Kestrel. A single. The 

 sole survivor of three eggs taken by F. Sikora at 

 Andrangoloaka ; nest in a hole in a tree. 



