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302a. Falco peregrinus calidus Lath., Ind. 

 1., p. 41 (1790). [India.] 

 Siberian Peregrine Falcon. 



Orn. 



With the black of cheeks and ear-coverts 

 reduced to a narrow stripe and the white 

 band behind much increased. Juvenile : 

 below buffy white, striped with blackish 

 brown. 



N. Asia, 

 W. Siberia ; 

 in winter 

 to Cyprus, 

 N.E. Africa, 

 India, Ceylon, 

 China, Bering I , 

 and Malay 

 Archipelago. 



t302b. Falco peregrinus anatum Bp., Geogr. and 

 Comp. List, p. 4 (1838). [ex Aud. pi. 16 

 — Egg Harbour, New Jersey.] 

 American Peregrine Falcon. 



Very sHghtly larger; wing ^ 329-333, 

 $ 355-374 mm. ; chest with a more reddish 

 buff tint, and with a few or no markings. 

 Immature : much darker below, with a 

 reddish tinge and more heavily marked. 



N. America 

 (except N.W.) ; 

 wintering in 

 Southern U.S. 

 and S. to 

 Panama, also 

 W. Indies ; 

 England (cas.). 



Pacific Coast of 

 N.W. America, 

 from Oregon to 

 Aleutian, 

 Commander and 

 Kuril Islands. 1 



t302c. Falco peregrinus pealei Ridgw., Bull. Essex 

 Inst., V. p. 201 (1873). [Oregon, type in 

 U.S. Nat. Mus.] 

 Peale's Falcon. 



Rather larger ; wing, <S 330-335, ? 375-383 

 mm. ; darker above and below ; head and 

 hind neck blackish ; below more heavily 

 and closely banded with blackish. Imma- 

 ture ; above brownish black ; below brown- 

 ish black, broadly edged and spotted with 

 huffish white. 



^ A pair in Tring Mus. from Vulcan Island, S. of Japan, May ii, 1904, 

 A. Owston, are referred by Dr. Hartert to this form but seem to be a specialized 

 insular colony, blacker on head and tail, below slaty grey, closely barred with black ; 

 rather smaller, wing (J 308, ^ 364 mm. 



