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*323. Cerchneis cinnamominus cinnamominus 

 (Swains.), Animals in Menag., p. 281 (1838). 

 [Chile.] 

 Cinnamon Kestrel, 



Larger ; wing S av. 198, tail 140 mm. ; 

 cJ with no rufous on crown ; ? usually with 

 partial crown patch ; S tail with one narrow 

 (av. 13 mm.) black subterminal band and 

 white tips mixed with rufous, tips of central 

 pair and inner webs of outer pair of 

 feathers rufous ; below white, chest with 

 decided tinge of fawn, and with large 

 black rounded spots on sides ; $ with 

 much narrower (almost linear) bands on 

 tail-coverts and tail, which is much paler ; 

 below whiter with narrower and paler 

 stripes. [Specific distinctions : (^ slate 

 crown without rufous, pale chest, and 

 spotted under parts ; $ narrower and more 

 regular bars on tail-coverts and tail.] 



Southern 

 S. America : 

 Chile ; 

 Argentina 

 (except N.E.)^; 

 S. Peru, W. of 

 Andes (?) ; 

 Patagonia to 

 Straits of 

 Magellan ; 

 Falkland Is. 



*323a. Cerchneis cinnamominus australis (Ridgw.), 

 Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1870, p. 148. 

 [Paraguay, type in U.S. Nat. Mus. ; new 

 name for Falco gracilis (nee. Lesson) 

 Swains., Anim. in Menag., p. 281, 1838, 

 Bahia, Braz., type in Brit. Mus.] 

 Brazilian Kestrel. 



Slightly smaller ; wing S av. 180, tail 127 

 mm. ; tail with subterminal black band 

 appreciably wider (av. 22 mm.) ; sides 

 moderately spotted with black ; $ tail 

 darker red, and with broader, straighter, 

 and more complete cross-bars, subterminal 

 one broader ; below with broader and 

 darker brown stripes. 



Brazil, N. to 

 Amazon 

 River (?), S. to 

 N. Argentina ; 

 W. to Paraguay 

 and the eastern 

 slopes of Andes 

 in Bolivia and 

 Peru. 



^ Line of demarcation in Paraguay, Bolivia and S. Peru uncertain. 



