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357 a. Falco columbarius suckleyi Ridgw. 



Black Merlin. 



Falco columbarius var. suckleyi Ridgw. Bull. Essex Inst. V. Dec. 

 1873, 201. 



[B— , C 344^, R 417^, C 506.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northwest coast region of North America, from 

 California to Sitka ; eastward in Oregon and Washington. 



358. Falco richardsonii Ridgw. 



Richardson's Merlin. 



Falco {Hypotriorchis') richardsonii Ridgw. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 Dec. 1870, 145. 



[B— C 345, R 418, C 507.] 



Geog. Dist. — Interior and western plains of North America, from 

 the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast, and from the Saskatch- 

 ewan region to Texas, Arizona, and probably into Mexico. 



[358.1.] Falco regulus Pall. 



Merlin. 



Falco regulus Pall. Reis. Russ. Reichs. II. 1773, Anhang, 707. 

 [B— C-, R— C-.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Europe, Asia, and Africa ; accidental in Greenland. 



Subgenus RHYNCHOFALCO Ridgway. 



Rhynchofalco Ridgw. Pr. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1873, 46. Type, 

 Falco femoralis Temm. = F. fusco-coerulescens Vieill. 



359. Falco fusco-coerulescens Vieill. 



Aplomado Falcon. 



Falco fusco-coerulescens Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XI. 

 1817, 90. 



[B9, C 347, R 4i9» C 511.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, south 

 to Patagonia. 



