ORDER RAPTORES. 139 



357 a. Falco columbarius suckleyi RIDGW. 



Black Merlin. 



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

 1873, 201. 



[B , C 3440, R 4170, 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 345, R 4 i8, 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-ccerulescens VIEILL. 



359. Falco fusco-ccerulescens VIEILL. 



Aplomado Falcon. 



Falco fusco-ccerulescens VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XI. 

 1817, 90. 



[B 9 , 347, R 419. C 5".] 



GEOG. DIST. Southern Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, south 

 to Patagonia. 



