+*315. 
315a. 
315b. 
1*316. 
218 
Cerchneis cenchroides cenchroides (Vig. and East Australia. 
Horsi.),. Irans.. Linn. Sec, sav., 3p. 183 
(1827). [Australia = Paramatta, N.S. 
Wales, apud Math. ] 
Nankeen Kestrel. 
Size similar ; wing ¢ 235-250, 9 260 mm. ; 
3 above pale rufous, almost unspotted ; 
head washed with pale bluish grey, and 
with black shaft-lines; rump and tail 
coverts blue-grey, as also the tail in oldest 
birds, the latter with broad subterminal 
black band and white tips; sides of face 
greyish white; below buffish white, the 
chest tawny buff, that and sides with black 
shaft-stripes ; under wing-coverts white ; 
? head and tail like back, the tail usually 
barred with black. 
Cerchneis cenchroides milligant Math., Nov. N.W. Australia, 
Zool., xvili., p. 253 (1912). [Parry's Creek, Northern 
N.W. Australia. | Territory. 
Dusky Nankeen Kestrel. 
Smaller; wing $ 225-235 mm.; darker 
above. 
Cerchneis cenchroides unicolor Milligan, S.W. and Mid. 
Emu, iv., p. 1 (1904). [Yalgoo.] W. Australia. 
Westralian Nankeen Kestrel. 
Smaller ; below darker, decided cinnamon 
pink ; tail rusty cinnamon. 
Cerchneis rupicoloides rupicoloides (Smith), South Africa, 
S. Afr. Q. Jnl., i., p. 238 (1830). [Groene S. of Zambesi 
River, Little Namaqualand, type in Brit. 
Mus. ] 
Larger African Kestrel. 
