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308. Cerchneis sparveria sparveria Linn., S.N., 

 i., p. 90 (1758). I" America," ex. Catesby ■-- 

 Carolina.] 

 American Kestrel. 



United 

 States, 

 E. of Rocky 

 Mtns. ; S. 

 in winter 

 to Florida 

 and Gulf 

 States. 



308a. 



Smaller ; wing <^ 7.50, tail 5.25 in. ; 

 appreciably paler ; tail relatively longer 

 and paler ; wing-coverts less spotted ; 

 rufous crown patch appreciably larger ; 

 below with larger, rounder and more num- 

 erous black spots ; chest cinnamon fawn. 

 Cerchneis sparveria phalcena (Lesson), Echo 

 du Monde Savant, Ann. 12, June 19, p. 

 1086 (1845). [Mexico.-] 

 Western Kestrel. 



Western 

 North 

 America, 

 from 

 E. Brit. 

 Columbia 

 and W. 

 Montana to 

 N.W^ 



Mexico ; in 

 winter S. to 

 Mexico and 

 Guatemala 



308b. 



Smaller ; wing S 6.50, $ 6.75 ; paler ; 

 with rufous crown patch ; subterminal 

 tail band wide (25 mm.) ; below buffish 

 white, well marked with black. 

 Cerchneis sparveria peninsularis (Mearns), 

 Auk., ix., p. 267 (1892). [Lower California.] 

 Lower Calif ornian Kestrel. 



Southern 



Lower 



California. 



Smaller ; wing S 7-7.50 in. ; under parts 

 nearly immaculate in old birds, the ground 

 colour either cinnamon fawn or nearly 

 white ; throat white. 



