152 FALCONID^. 



Europe, and the Canary Islands. In eastern Asia it is 

 represented by an allied form which winters in India and 

 southern Africa. 



Falco tinnunculus. Kestkel. 



Falco tinnunculus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 90 : 



Sweden. 



Cerchneis tinnuncula {Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, 



p. 425. 

 Tinnunculus alaudarius {Gmel.) ; B. O. ZT. List, Ist ed. 1883, 



p. 104. 

 Falco tinnunculus Linn. ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 355. 



Tinnunculus!=3, kind of Hawk in Pliny; proliably from tinnio=I ring, 

 from its sharp shrill voice. 



Distrihution in the British Islands. — A Resident, generally 

 distributed, but moving southwards from the Shetland and 

 Orkney Islands, the north of Scotland, and the north 

 and east of Ireland in winter. In autumn its numbers are 

 greatly increased by immigrants from the Continent. 



General Distribution. — The Kestrel inhabits Europe, north 

 Africa, and northern, central, and western Asia. Migrating 

 in winter from the more northern parts of its range, it visits 

 western and north-eastern Africa, India, and China. It is 

 represented by allied resident forms in Madeira, the Canary 

 and Cape Verde Islands, north-east and east Africa, India, 

 and Burma. 



Falco naumanni. Lesser Kestrel. 



Falco naumanni Fleischer in Laurop u. Fischer, Sylvan, 

 ein Jahrb. fur Forstm. auf 1817 und 1818^ 1818, 

 p. 174 : S. Germany. 



Cerchneis naumanni Fleischer ; Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. i. 



1874, p. 485. 

 Tinnunculus cenchris {Naum.) ; B. 0. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, 



p. 104. 

 Falco cenchris Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 357. 



Naumanni, so named in honour of the well-known German ornithologist 

 Johann Friedrioh Naumaim (1780-1857). 



