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277a Falco hiarmicus tanypierus Schleg., Krit. 

 Uebers. ii., p. 11 (1844). [Nubia and 

 Abyssinia ; restricted type loc. Nubia.] 

 Nubian Lanner. 



Very slightly larger ; wing (^ 12.90-13.60 ; 

 ? 14.35-14.85 in. ; lower parts more 

 heavily spotted with black. 



277b. Falco bianuicus abvssiiiicus Neum., J.f.O. 

 1904, p. 369. [Shoa ; type in Tring Mus.] 

 Abyssinian Lanner. 



277c. 



277d. 



Similar to F. b. feldeggii, but paler and less 

 marked with blackish on crown, also 

 shghtlv smaller ; wing ,^ 12.20-12.80, 

 ? 13.35-14.25 in. 



Falco biarmicus erlangeri Kleinschm., 

 Aquila, viii., p. 33 (1901). [Tunis and 



Tangier, N. Morocco, 

 Schmidt's coll.] 

 North African Lanner. 



types in Klein- 



Size about the same ; wing S 12.20-12.90 ; 

 13.65-14.10 in. ; with the under parts 

 much more heavily spotted than in F. b. 

 biarmicus and the ground colour more 

 creamy white ; crown and nape creamy 

 rufous. 



Falco biarmicus feldeggii Schleg., in Vogel 

 Europas von Susemihl, tafl. 8a (1843 or 

 1844) ; idem Abh. Geb. Zool. iii., p. 2-3 

 (1844). [Dalmatia.] 

 European Lanner. 



Larger ; wingcJ 13.85-14.70, $ 15.45-16.60 

 in. ; head pale rufous to rufous white, 



Nubia, 

 Egypt, 

 Arabia, 

 Palestine. 



Abyssinia, 

 Shoa, 

 Gallaland, 

 Blue and 

 M'hite 

 Niles, 

 Sudan to 

 Hausa land 

 & Togoland 



N. Africa 

 (Atlas 

 district 

 from Tunis' 

 to W. 

 Morocco). 



S. Europe 

 (Balkan 

 countries 

 [not ex- 

 tending to 

 Russia], 

 S. Italy. 



