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as inhabiting the island of Madeira,* but as a 

 specimen was not procured, we are perhaps not 

 warranted in asserting that it was not one of the 

 very closely allied species of Afrina or Spain ; at 

 the same time, we have seen it recorded in lists 

 of birds from Africa, on which wo could place 

 some dependence. It is recorded by Major 

 James Franklin as occurring on the Ganges 

 between Calcutta and Benares ; f by Dr Horsfie'ui 

 it is said to be Javanese ; Mr Selby also mentions 

 having received the Kestrel from continental 

 India, with this distinction only, that the colours 

 of the female birds were paler ; J and by Colonel 

 Sykes it has been noted as inhabiting the Dun- 

 kun. If these facts can be depended on, and 

 their value must be judged of by our readers, we 

 have for this bird an extensive range, particularly 

 to the south. It does not, however, seem to 

 reach to an equal extent to the northward as the 

 strong and powerful Jer and Peregrine Falcons, 

 but on the American continent is replaced by the 

 beautiful little F. sparverius, which in many 

 respects partakes of the same manners, though 

 we have in them also a considerable blending with 

 those of the Merlin. 



* Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical 

 Science. 



t Proceed, of Zool. Society, part i. p. 1 14. 



I British Ornithology, vol. i. p. 49. 



i Proceed, of Zooi. Society, part ii. p. 80. 



