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reddish buff tint, and with few or no 

 markings. 

 274b. Falco peregrinus anatum Bp., Geogr. and 

 Comp. List, p. 4 (1838). [ex. And. pi. 16 

 — New Jersey.'] 

 American Peregrine Falcon. 



274c. 



274d. 



Size similar ; darker above and below ; 

 the head not so black but more uniform 

 with the dark plumbeous upper parts ; 

 below more heavily and broadly banded 

 with blackish. 



Falco peregrinus pealei Ridgw., Bull. Essex 

 Inst., V. p. 201 (1873). [Oregon, type in 

 U.S. Nat. Mus.] 

 Peale's Falcon. 



Smaller than F. p. peregrinus and with 

 more slender feet ; wing ^ 11.05-11.85, 

 $ 12.60-13.40 in. ; less heavily marked below 

 and with the ground colour more ruddy. 

 Falco peregrinus hrookci Sharpe Ann. and 

 Mag. N.H. (4) xi., p. 21 (1873). [Sardinia, 

 type in Brit. Mus. =F. punicus, auct.] 

 Lesser Peregrine Falcon. 



N. America 

 (except 

 N.W.) ; 

 wintering 

 in Southern 

 U.S. and 

 W. Indies ; 

 Southern S. 

 America ; 

 England 

 (cas.) 



Pacific 



Coast of 



N.W. 



America, 



from 



Oregon to 



Aleutian, 



Commander 



and Kuril 



Islands. 



Mediter- 

 ranean 

 countries 

 and islands, 

 from S. 

 Spain to 

 Greece, 

 Cyprus and 

 Asia Minor, 

 N. Morocco 



