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357 a. Falco columbarius suckleyi Ripcw. 
Black Merlin. 
falco columbarius var. suckleyi RrpGw. Bull. Essex Inst. V. Dec. 
1972201. 
[B—, C 344a, R 417a, C 506.] 
Groc. Dist.— Northwest coast region of North America, from 
California to Sitka; eastward in Oregon and Washington. 
398. Falco richardsonii Rivcw. 
Richardson’s Merlin. 
Falco (Hypotriorchis) richardsonii Ripcw. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 
Dec. 1870, 145. 
[B—, C 345, R 418, C 507.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Interior and western plains of North America, from 
the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast, and from the Saskatch- 
ewan region to Texas, Arizona, and probably into Mexico. 
[358.1.] Falco regulus Patt. 
Merlin. 
Falco reouli MAIL Reis. Russ. Reichs. II. 1773, Anhang, 707. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Europe, Asia, and Africa; accidental in Greenland. 
SuBGENUS RH YNCHOFALCO Rinveway. 
Rhynchofalco Ripew. Pr. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1873, 46. Type, 
Falco femoralis TEMM. = F. fusco-cerulescens VIEILL. 
359. Falco fusco-ccerulescens VIEILL. 
Aplomado Falcon. 
Falco fusco-cerulescens ViEILL. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XI. 
1817, go. 
[Bio Cigai mato, C cnr. 
Geoc. Dist.— Southern Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, south 
to Patagonia. 
