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FALCO CENCHEIS. 



(LESSER KESTREL.) 



Falco cenchris, Cuv. Regne Anim. i. p. 322 (1829, ex Frisch, 1739). 

 Falco naumanni, Fleisch. in Fischer, Jahrgang, 1818 (teste Naumann). 

 Falco tinnunculoides, " Natterer," Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 31 (1820). 

 Falco ccanthonyx, " Natterer," Naum. Vog. Deutschl. An. p. 525 (1822). 

 Falco tinnuncularius, Vieill. Orn. Franc, p. 36, pi. 16. fig. 3 (1823). 

 Cerchneis cenchris, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 74 (1831). 

 Tinnunculus cenchris, Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 21 (1844). 

 Tichornis cenchris, Kaup, Classif. Saugeth. unci Vogel, p. 108 (1844). 

 Pcecilomis cenchris, Kaup, Contr. to Orn. 1850, p. 53. 



CrScerelle crecerellette, French ; BothelfalJce, German ; Falco grillajo, Italian ; Primilla, or 

 Buero, Spanish ; Sokoll Krasnoi, Russian. 



Mas pileo toto clare cano, genis albicanti striolatis, loris fulvescentibus : inter scapulio scapularibusque pallide 

 cinnamomeo-rufis : dorso imo, uropygio et supraeaudalibus canis, illius plumis paullo rufescenti 

 adumbratis : tectricibus alarum superioribus minimis dorso concoloribus, paucis exterioribus rufo 

 lavatis, majoribus canis : remigibus nigricanti-brunneis, pogonio interno plerumque albo, primariis 

 interioribus plus minusve brunneo fasciatis, secundariis brunneis, pennis dorsalibus canis, vix extus 

 rufo marginatis : cauda tota cana prope apicem album late nigro transfasciata : gula et crisso fulves- 

 centi-albis : corpore subtus reliquo dilute cinnamomeo, ubique lateraliter maculis ovalibus nigris notato, 

 pectore superiore et medio lineis nigris tenuibus maculato : rostro indigotico, ad basin flavo, versus apicem 

 nigricante, cera lsete flava : pedibus lagte flavis, unguibus fere albidis, interdum nigris : iride brunnea. 



Fern, cinnamomeo-rufa, pilei plumarum scapis distincte nigricanti-brunneo lineatis : fronte et supercilio 

 angusto albidis : plumis orbitam circumeuntibus nigris : regione auriculari argentescenti-alba : colli 

 lateribus fulvescenti-albidis, plumis medialiter late brunneo lineatis : dorso ubique nigricanti-brunneo 

 transfasciato, et tectricibus alarum ut dorsum coloratis : dorso imo angustius transfasciato, plumis vix 

 canescentibus : remigibus brunneis, pogonio interno albicante, fulvescenti-albo transfasciato^ secundariis 

 nigro et rufo transnotatisj dorso concoloribus ; cauda pallide cinnamomea, vitta nigra ante apicem trans- 

 fasciata : subtus fulvescenti-alba, gula cum abdomine, subcaudalibus cruribusqae immaculatis : pectore 

 superiore brunneo longitudinaliter striato : pectoris inferioris plumarum scapis brunneo notatis versus 

 apicem in maculam ovalem dilatatis : subcaudalibus et subalaribas albidis, his brunneo longitudinaliter 

 variis : rostro, cera et pedibus ut in mari coloratis, unguibus albis. 



6 juv. supra dilute cinnamomea, collo postico fulvescente : pileo et dorso superiore anguste nigro lineatis,. 

 hujus plumarum scapis latius longitudinaliter notatis : genis distincte argentescenti-albis : dorso tota 

 imo cano : tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus, at quibusdam nigro transfasciatis : remigibus nigri- 

 canti-brunneis, anguste rufo marginatis, secundariis rufis, nigro irregulariter transfasciatis et marmo- 

 ratis : cauda pallide fulvescenti-rufa nigro transfasciata, pennis duabus mediis canis, reliquis basin 

 versus canescentibus, omnibus ante apicem fulvum late nigro transvittatis : subtus pallide cinnamomeo- 



