o02a. 
“+302b. 
+302c. 
1) 
Falco peregrinus calidus Lath., Ind. Orn. 
1., p. 41 (1790). [India.] 
Siberian Peregrine Falcon. 
With the black of cheeks and ear-coverts 
reduced to a narrow stripe and the white 
band behind much increased. Juvenile : 
below buffy white, striped with blackish 
brown. 
Falco peregrinus anatum Bp., Geogr. and 
Comp. List, p. 4 (1838). [ex Aud. pl. 16 
—Egg Harbour, New Jersey.| 
American Peregrine Falcon. 
Very slightly larger; wing ¢ 329-333, 
9 355-374 mm. ; chest with a more reddish 
buff tint, and with a few or no markings. 
Immature: much darker below, with a 
reddish tinge and more heavily marked. 
Falco peregrinus pealei Ridgw., Bull. Essex 
Inst., v. p. 201 (1873). [Ovegon, type in 
U.S. Nat. Mus.] 
Peale’s Falcon. 
Rather larger ; wing, $ 330-335, 9 375-383 
mm.; darker above and below ; head and 
hind neck blackish ; below more heavily 
and closely banded with blackish. Imma- 
ture; above brownish black ; below brown- 
ish black, broadly edged and spotted with 
buffish white. 
N. Asia, 
W. Siberia ; 
in winter 
to Cyprus, 
N.E. Africa, 
India, Ceylon, 
China, Bering L., 
and Malay 
Archipelago. 
N. America 
(except N.W.) ; 
wintering in 
Southern U.S. 
and S. to 
Panama, also 
W. Indies ; 
England (cas.). 
Pacific Coast of 
N.W. America, 
from Oregon to 
Aleutian, 
Commander and 
Kuril Islands.+ 
1 A pair in Tring Mus. from Vulcan Island, S. of Japan, May 11, 1904, 
A. Owston, are referred by Dr. Hartert to this form but seem to be a specialized 
insular colony, blacker on head and tail, below slaty grey, closely barred with black ; 
rather smaller, wing ¢ 308, 2 364 mm. 
