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f322b. Cerchneis sparverius peninsularis (Mearns), 

 Auk., ix., p. 267 (1892). [San Jose, Lower 

 California.] 

 Lower Californian Kestrel. 



Southern Lower 

 California. 



Smaller ; wing (^ 165, ? 172 mm. ; paler ; 

 with rufous crown patch ; subterminal 

 tail band wide (25 mm.) ; below bullish 

 white, well marked with black. 



*322c. Cerchneis sparverius paulus Howe and King, Florida 



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



[Miami, Florida, type in M.C.Z., Harvard.] Bahama 



Florida Kestrel. Islands (?) 



Larger ; wing (^ 178-190 mm. ; under parts 

 nearly immaculate in old birds, the ground 

 colour either cinnamon fawn or nearly 

 white ; throat white. 



322d. Cerchneis sparverius carribbcsarum (Gmel.), 

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

 tilles," type loc. sugg. Dominica.] 

 Antillean Kestrel. 



Size small ; wing ad. 175 mm. ; 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. 



Lesser Antilles 

 (St. Lucia, 

 Dominica, 

 Guadeloupe. 

 Antigua, 

 Montserrat, 

 Anguilla, 

 Virgin Gorda, 

 St. Thomas) to 

 Porto Rico.- 



^ 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, Smiths. Coll., xlvii., p. 284, 1904 : Vignes I.'\ as so far as the scanty material 

 available shows it is not distinguishable from caribb cearum. 



