$322b. 
*O226. 
322d. 
224 
Cerchneis sparverius peninsularis (Mearns), 
Auk., 1x., p. 267 (1892). [San José, Lower 
California. | 
Lower Californian Kestrel. 
Smaller; wing ¢ 165, 9 172 mm. ; paler ; 
with rufous crown patch; subterminal 
tail band wide (25 mm.); below buffish 
white, well marked with black. 
Cerchneis sparverius paulus Howe and King, 
Contre N2 Amer: Orn pt. 23) (1902): 
[Miami, Florida, type in M.C.Z., Harvard. ] 
Florida Kestrel. 
Larger ; wing § 178-190 mm. ; under parts 
nearly immaculate in old birds, the ground 
colour either cinnamon fawn or nearly 
white ; throat white. 
Cerchneis sparvertus carribbearum (Gmel.), 
S: Neo. Pp 2o4all7S8S8)50 lex Brissy. cAi- 
tilles,’’ type loc. sugg. Dominica. | 
Antillean Kestrel. 
Size small ; wing ad. 175 mm. ; above more 
heavily banded with black, the tail barred 
broadly with black even when mature, but 
bars obsolete on central feathers in some 
examples ; below creamy white, chest 
washed with fawn, with large black spots 
on breast and sides. 
Southern Lower 
California. 
Florida 
Peninsula ; 
Bahama 
Islands (?)? 
Lesser Antilles 
(St:, Euciar 
Dominica, 
Guadeloupe. 
Antigua, 
Montserrat, 
Anguilla, 
Virgin Gorda, 
St. Thomas) to 
Porto Rico.” 
1 [am unable to say definitely what race inhabits the Bahama Islands, not 
having seen examples. 
2 I am unable to separate the Porto Rico race [Cerchneis sparveria loyuacula 
Riley, Smiths. Coll., xlvi., p. 284, 1904: 
available shows it is not distinguishable from caribb garum. 
Vignes I.| as so far as the scanty material 
