MERLIN. Falco ssalon. 



Partial resident, breeding on the moors. Breeds in North Europe and 

 North Siberia. Winters in South Europe, North Africa, North-west 

 India, and South China. 



RED-FOOTED FALCON. Falco vespertinus. 



Accidental visitor to England, a score or more examples ; very rare 

 in Scotland and Ireland. Breeds in Eastern Europe and Western Siberia 

 south of the Arctic Circle. Winters in South Africa. 



KESTREL. Falco tinnunculus. 



Common resident. Breeds in North Africa, Europe, and Asia, in Scan- 

 dinavia as far north as the Arctic Circle, in Siberia to about lat. 58°. 

 Migrates south in autumn from the arctic part of its range to winter in 

 the tropics, where the resident birds constitute tropical races. 



LESSER KESTREL. Falco cenchris. 



Accidental visitor ; four British records (Yorkshire, Kent, Dublin, 

 Scilly Isles). Breeds in the basin of the Mediterranean, Persia, and 

 Russian Turkestan. Winters in South Africa. 



AMERICAN KESTREL. Falco sparverius. 



Sujjposed accidental visitor; only one British record (Yorkshire). 

 Breeds in arctic and subarctic North America; resident in temperate 

 North America and a winter visitor to the tropical parts of that continent. 



SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. Elanoides furcatus. 



Supposed accidental visitor ; only two British records (Argyleshire, 

 Yorkshire) . Breeds in the Southern States of North America .east of the 

 Rocky Mountains. Winters in tropical America. 



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