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291. Falco cuvieri Smith, S. Afr. O. Jnl., i., 

 p. 392 (1830). [Cafferland, near Kai River. ^ 

 African Hobby. 



[Not seen.] 



292. Falco pyrrJiogaster Reichenow, Orn. M.B., 

 xxiii., p. 25 (1915). [Cameroon.] 



Wing (^ 9.45, $ 11 in. ; above black, most 

 of the feathers bordered with slate grey ; 

 tail with 3 bars of greyish white ; throat 

 white ; below chestnut, except lower 

 breast and under wing-coverts which are 

 black, tipped and spotted with rufous 

 buff. 



293. Falco deiroleucus Temm. PI. Col. i., pi. 348 

 (1825). [Brazil.] [ = F. aurantius Gmel., 

 auct.] 



Orange-breasted Falcon. 



Size small ; length S 9-10 in. ; wing S 7.3, 

 $ 8.9 ; above slaty black ; tail black, 

 tipped with white, and with 3 or 4 narrow 

 bands of greyish white ; throat and sides 

 of neck orange rufous to white with a tinge 

 of rufous ; breast black, finely barred with 

 white ; abdomen, thighs and under tail- 

 coverts chestnut. 



294. Falco rufigularis rufigularis Daud., Traite, 

 ii., p. 13l' (1800). [Cayenne.] 



[F. albigularis Daud., a synonym.] 

 White-throated Bat Falcon. 



S. and W. 

 Africa ; 

 cas. in 

 Egyptian 

 Sudan. 



Cameroon. 



South and 

 Central 

 America ; 

 Brazil to 

 Guatemala. 



South and 



Central 



America, 



from 



Argentina 



to Mexico. 



Wing ^ 7.85 in. ; "upper surface dark 

 slate grey instead of black ; below with 

 breast and sides of body dark brown, not 

 black, and much more broadly banded 

 with white."* 



* A larger series is necessary to show if this form is really separable. 

 Paraguayan birds (F. ophryophanes Salvad.) appear to me indistinguishable 

 from typical birds. 



