FALCONED^. 61 



Falco vespertinus Linn. S. N. i. p. 129.; Pall. Zoogr. i. p. 334. t. 6. 

 Falco rufipes Beseke, Vog. Kurlands, p. 13. t. 3, 4. ; Yarrell, 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 49. 



Cerchneis vespeitinus Boie, Isis, (1828) p. 314. 

 Erythopus vespertinus Brehm, Vog. Deuts. i. p. 76. 

 Fanny chistes rufipes Kaup, Naturl. Syst. p. 57. 

 Tinnunculus (Erythropus) rufipes Kaup, Classif. der Sdug. und 



Vog. p. 108. 

 Tinnunculus (Erythropus) vespertinus Kaup, Mm. Senckenb. 



(1845) p. 257. 



PL enl. 431. ; Pall. Zoogr. t. 6.; KittL Kupf. der Vog. t. 3. 



f. 1. ; Gould, B. ofEur. pi. 23. 



a. Europe, male. 



b. Athens, male. Presented by C. L. W. Merlin, Esq. 



c. d. Athens, female. Presented by C. L. W. Merlin, Esq. 

 e,f. Egypt, female. Presented by W. B. D. Turnbull, Esq. 

 g, h. Nepal, very young. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 i. Tunis, in change. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 



d. POSCILORNIS. 



8. TINNUNCULUS SPARVERIUS. The little Falcon. 



Tinnunculus sparverius Vieill. Ois. de I Amer. Sept. i. p. 40. t. 12. 



Falco sparverius Linn. S. N. i. p. 128. 



Falco dominicensis Gmel. S. N. i. p. 285. 



Falco gracilis Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 281. 



Bidens sparverius Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 16. 



Falco isabellinus Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 218. 



Cerchneis sparverius Boie, Isis, (1828) p. 314. 



Tinnunculus (Pcecilornis) sparverius Kaup, Classif. der Sdug. 



und Vog. 108. 



Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 32. f. i. t. 16. f. 1. ; Faun. Bor. Amer. 



Birds, pi. 24.; Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 42. 



a. North America, male. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 



b. North America, female. 



c. Brazil, male. Presented by Lieut. Maw, R.N. 



d. e ? British Guiana, male. From Sir R. Schomburgk's 



Collection. 

 /. Mexico, adult male. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



f. Mexico, adult female. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 

 . Mexico. From Mr. Hartweg's Collection. 

 t L Brazil. Presented by M. Claussen. 

 m o. Venezuela. From Mr Dyson's Collection. 



