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308e. Cerchneis sparveria dominicensis Gmel., 

 S.N., i., p. 285 (1788). [5. Domingo]. 

 St. Domingo Kestrel. 



Wing (J 7.25 ; tail 5.25 in. ; above darker 

 than C. s. phalcena, especially tail ; back 

 more heavily banded with black ; tail 

 band slightly broader ; head darker slate, 

 either without rufous, or with a small and 

 indistinct nape patch ; below creamy 

 white, including the chest, and much more 

 heavily striped on chest and spotted on 

 breast and sides with large black spots ; 

 thighs and vent unspotted. 

 308f. Cerchneis sparveria guatemalensis* subsp. 

 nov. [cJ Capetillo, Guatemala , J. J. Rodri- 

 guez, in coll. H. Kirke Swann ; cJ Huehiie- 

 tenango, Guatemala, June, 1897, W. B. 

 Richardson, in coll. Brit. Mus., Reg. No. 

 98, 12, 1,91.] 

 Central American Kestrel. 



S. Domingo 

 and Cuba. 



Central 



America : 



Guatemala, 



Brit. 



Honduras, 



Honduras, 



Nicaragua, 



Costa 



Rica ; 



Mexico 



(cas. ?). 



Larger; length ad. about 11 in.; wing 

 S av. 7.80, tail 5.50 in. ; (^ with no rufous 

 on crown ; $ usually with partial crown 

 patch ; S tail with one narrow (av. 13 mm.) 

 black subterminal band and white tips 

 mixed with rufous ; the tips of central 

 pair and inner webs of outer pair of 

 feathers rufous ; below white, chest with 

 decided tinge of fawn, and with large 

 black rounded spots on sides ; ? with 

 much narrower (almost linear) bands on 



* The Central American form here designated is the resident form, and 

 I have added a co-type in the Brit. Mus. coll. obtained in June as my own 

 type is without date. It is true that North American migrants (principally 

 of the western form, phalcena) occur commonly in Central America, but I 

 regard the birds with heavily marked under-parts, little or no colour on chest, 

 and little or no red on crown, as quite distinct and forming the resident race 

 in Central America, 



