*313i. Cerchneis tinnunculus rupicolus (Daud.), S. Africa, 
Traité, u., p. 135 (1800). [ex Levaill— (Natal, 
Cape of Good Hope. | Cape Colony, 
South African Kestrel. Damaraland), 
N. to Angola 
Scarcely larger than C. ¢. tinnunculus; and Nyasaland. 
wing g 253 mm.; similar in general 
colouration, but with sides of face dull 
blue-grey lke head; @ tail blue-grey 
banded with black, instead of rufous. 
*314. Cerchneis moluccensis moluccensis (Hombr. Molucca Is. 
» & Jacq.), Voy. Pole Sud. Zool. Atlas, pl. 1, (Amboyna, 
f. i. (1842) et texte ii., p. 46 (1853). Bouru, Ceram, 
[Moluccas (?).] Goram. 
Moluccan Kestrel. Peling Is., 
[C. m. orientalis a synonym. | Halmahera, 
Morotai, 
Smaller ; wing ¢ 220-233, 2 228-243 mm.; Ternate, 
g$ above deep bay, with broad arrow-head Batchian). 
markings of black; head and hind neck 
uniform, streaked with black; rump, 
upper tail-coverts and tail bluish grey, 
latter with broad black subterminal band 
and white tips; throat rufous white ; 
below bay colour, streaked on breast and 
arrow-headed on flanks with black; 92 
more banded above ; tail with extra dark 
bars, besides the subterminal one. 
314a. Cerchneis moluccensis occidentalis (A. B. Celebes, Borneo, 
Meyer & Wiglesw.), Abhandl. Ber. Mus. Lesser Sunda Is. 
Dresd., vi., No. 2, p. 8 (1896). [Celebes.] from Wetter to 
Javan Kestrel. Kangean ; 
Java. 
Smaller; wing g 205-230, 2 228-234, 
(Celebes) 234 mm.; paler, with more 
greyish cheeks and ear-coverts, much 
whiter under wing-coverts and _ lighte 
underside. : 
1 Cerchneis moluccensis microbalia Oberholser, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus., liv., p. 178 
(1917). 
217 
[Solombo Besar I.\, 1s a synonym. 
