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16. TINNUNCULUS. 

 1. Tinuunculus cenchroides. 



The Kanlcecn Kestrel, 

 Falco cenchroides, Vi'j. and Horff., Trans. Linn, Soc, vol. XV, 

 ■p. 183 (1826) ; ScJtkej. IJus. Pays-Bas. Fakones, p. 29 (1862). 



Tinnunculus cenchroides, Gray, Gen. Bds., vol. i, p. 21 (184-i) ; Goidd, 

 Bds. Austr., vol. i, pi. 13 (1848); Sturt, Exped. Centr. Au-str., 

 vol, ii, App. p. 14 (1849) ; Bonaj}. Consp. A v., torn, i, p. 27 (1850) ; 

 Kaup, Contr, Orn., 1850, p. 53; Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de ZooJ., 

 1854, p. 527; Strickl, Orn. Syn., p. 98 (1855); Pelz. Verh., z.-h. 

 Wein, xiii, p. 62G (18G3) ; Gould, Handhl: Bds. Austr., vol. i, p. 35, 

 pp. 13 (1865) ; Biggies, Orn. Austr., pt. 8 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-list 

 Bds., vol. i, p. 23 (1869); Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 469; id. List 

 Diurn. Bds. Prey, p. 98 (1884); Broadh. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensld., 

 vol. ii, p. 119 (1886); id. op. ciL, vol. iii, p. 24 (1887); Ramsay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, vol. ii, 2nd ser., p. 166 (1888) ; id. Tab. List 

 Austr. Bds., p. 1 (1888) ; North. Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p 22, 

 pi. iii, fig. 5 (1889) ; id. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W., vol. iii, 2nd ser., 

 p. 1774 (1889) ; id. op. cit., vol. iv, 2nd ser., p. 1024 (1890) ; Cox 

 and Hum., torn, cit., p. 399 (1890) ; Sharpe, Index Gould's Worls, 

 p. 332 (1893); Gurney, jun., Cat. Bds. Prey, p. 28 (1894); North 

 and Kcartl., Aves Horn Exped. Centr. Atistr., p. 56 (1S96) ; 

 Keartl. Vict. Nat., vol. xiii, p. 62(1896); Sclater, List Vert. Anim. 

 Zool. Card., 9th ed., p. 399 (1896). 



Cerchneis cenchroides, Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. i, p. 431 

 (1874) ; id. Rep. Voy. Alert, p. 13 (1884). 



Aduli male. All the upper surface of tlie body light rufous ; 

 the scapulars, a few of the inner secondaries and outer series 

 of the wing-coverts having a triangular spot of black near the 

 tip ; head bluish-grey, washed with rufous on the margins of the 

 feathers, the shafts black, which also appears on the nape, and on 

 the sides and back of the neck ; primaries and secondaries 

 blackish brown, the marginal half of the inner webs (except at the 

 tips) toothed with white, more widely towards the base, the apex of 

 the teeth-like markings margined with pale rufous which forms 

 a wavy line along the centre of the web ; inner primaries and 

 secondaries margined at the tips with buffy white ; primary 

 coverts, spui'ious wings, and a few of the innermost secondaries 

 irregularly blotched or mottled witli rufous ; interscapular I'egion 

 and back clear rufous without spots ; lower part of the rump and 

 upper tail coverts bluish grey ; tail feathers blue-grey, whitish on 

 the outer webs near the base, but slightly washed with pale 

 rufous towards the tip, all except the outer one, on either side 



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