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Subgenus TINNUNCULUS Vieillot. 

 Tinnunculus Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I. 1807, 39. 

 [359.1.] Falco tinnunculus Linn. 



Kestrel, 



Falco tinnunculus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 90. 

 [B— C— R422, C-.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Europe and northern Asia; accidental in Massa- 

 chusetts. 



360. Falco sparverius Linn. 



American Sparrow Hawk. 



Falco sparverius Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 90. 



[B 13, C 346, 346^, R 420, 420^, C 508, 509.] 

 Geog. Dist. — North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, and 

 from Great Slave Lake south to northern South America. 



360^. Falco sparverius deserticolus Mearns. 



Desert Sparrow^ Haw^k. 



Falco sparverius deserticolus Mearns, Auk, IX. July, 1892, 263. 

 [B 13, /<^^/, C 346, /^r/, R ^20, part, C 508, /^r/.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Western United States, north to eastern British 

 Columbia and western Montana, south to Mazatlan in northwestern 

 Mexico. 



360 b. Falco sparverius peninsularis Mearns. 



St. Lucas Sparrow Hawk. 



Falco sparverius peninsularis Mearns, Auk, IX. July, 1892, 267. 

 [B i^-ipart, C 346, /^r/, R ^20, part^ C 508, /^r/.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Lower California. 



[361.] Falco dominicensis Gmel. 



Cuban Sparrow Hawk. 



Falco dominicensis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. i. 1788, 288. 

 [B— , C— , R421, C 510.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Cuba ; casual in Florida. 



