157 



309. 



tail-coverts and tail, which is much paler ; 

 below whiter with narrower and paler 

 stripes [Specific distinctions : cJ slate 

 crown without rufous, pale chest, and 

 spotted under parts ; $ narrower and more 

 regular bars on tail-coverts and tail.] 

 Cerchneis cinnamomina cinnamomina 

 Swains., Animals in Menag., p. 281 (1838). 

 [Chile. ^ 

 Cinnamon Kestrel. 



Southern 

 S. America : 

 Chile ; 

 Argentina 

 (except 

 N.E.)* ; 

 S. Peru, 

 W. of 

 Andes (?) ; 

 Patagonia 

 to Straits 

 of Magellan 



309a. 



Slightly smaller; wing ^ av. 7.10, tail 

 5 in. ; tail with the subterminal black 

 band appreciably wider (av. 22 mm.) ; 

 sides moderately spotted with black ; 

 ? tail darker red, and with broader, 

 straighter and more complete cross-bars, 

 the subterminal one broader ; below with 

 broader and darker brown stripes. 

 Cerchneis cinnamomina aiistralis Ridgw., 

 Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1870, p. 149. 

 [Paraguay, type in U.S. Nat. Mus. ; new 

 name for Falco gracilis (nee Lesson) 

 Swains., Anim. in Menag., p. 281, 1838, 

 Bahia, Braz., type in Brit. Mus.] 

 Brazilian Kestrel. 



Brazil, 

 N. to 

 Amazon 

 River (?). 

 S. to N. 

 Argentina. 

 E. to 

 Paraguay 

 and the 

 eastern 

 slopes of 

 Andes in 

 Bolivia and 

 Peru. 



* Line ot demarcation in Paraguay, Bolivia and S. Peru uncertain. 



