CEKCHNEIS. 



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Tinnimculus cenchris, Tristram, Ibis, 1865, p. 259 ; Sounders, Ibis, 1871 

 p. 59; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. i. p. 48, pi. (1875). 



Falco tinnunculoides, Bre^-Birds Eur. \. p. 48, pi. (1866). 



Cerchneis nanmanni, SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 435 (1874); id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 277 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 10 (1899). 



The eggs of the Lesser Kestrel resemble generally those of 

 C. tinnunculus, but they are, on the whole, much paler. The ground 

 varies from cream-colour to rich buff, and the markings are smaller 

 and less dense than on the eggs of the Common Kestrel ; in 

 many respects they are similar to those on the eggs of F. juyger 

 and F. chicquera. They measure from 1*3 to 1'45 in length, and 

 from 1'08 to T2 in breadth. 



1. Utrera, Andalucia (Col. L. H. Irby}. 

 5. Seville, Spain, 9th May (H. 



Saunders}. 



3. Seville, 9th May (H. S.}. . 

 5. Seville, 9th May (H. S.). 

 5. Seville, 9th May (H. S.). 

 3. Cilli, Styria. 

 1. Cilli, 18th May. 

 Cilli, 24th May. 



3. Cilli ( Crowfoot Col/.). 



W. H. 



Voukhori, Greece, May 



Simpson}. 



4. Dragmana, Parnassus, 15th May 

 (//. Seebohm). 



4. Galata, W. coast of Greece, 17th 



May (W. H. Simpson: Tris- 

 tram Coll.}. 

 3. Asia Minor, 24th April ( T. Krilper}. 



3. Smyrna, 23rd May (T. K.}. 



5. Cyprus, 10th May. 



4. Larnaka, Cyprus. 



1. Heshbon, Palestine, 30th April 



(H. B. Tristram}. 

 1. Safed, Palestine, 10th May (H. 



B. T.). 



1. Safed, 25th May (H. B. T.}. 



2. Egypt. 



2. El Djem, Tunis, May. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebolim Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvm-feodmau Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Cerchneis sparveria (Linn.}. 



Tinnunculus sparverius, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 74. fig. 7 (1856-63); 



Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 16, pi. ii. figs. 13, 14, 15, & 15 a 



(1856) ; A. fy E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 63. 

 Falco (Tinnunculus) sparverius, Baird, Brewer fy Ridyw. N. Am. Birds, 



iii. p. 169 (18^). 

 Cerchneis sparveria^ Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 437 (1874); id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 277 (1899). 

 Falco sparverius, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 309, pi. x. 



figs. 11-16 (1892). 



The eggs of the American Kestrel are of a broad oval or elliptical 



