200 



*302d. Falco peregrinus cassini Sharpe, Ann. & 

 Mag. N.H. (4), xi., p. 221 (1873). [Mag- 

 gellan Sir. and Falkland Is.] 

 Cassin's Falcon. 



Smaller ; wing S 300-308, ? 340-355 mm. ; 

 oldest dress ; above, including head, 

 bluish grey, barred and spotted with black ; 

 rump paler, whitish grey ; tail barred with 

 black and tipped white ; throat white with 

 broad black moustachial patch ; chest 

 buffy white ; below greyish white, finely 

 barred with black. Immature : brownish 

 black above, with paler edgings ; below 

 deep buff, with a strong reddish shade, 

 heavily striped with black ; flank feathers 

 black, barred with reddish buff. Interme- 

 diate plumage as adult described by 

 Sharpe . 



Andes, from 

 Ecuador S. to 

 Chile and 

 Falkland 

 Islands. 



302e. Falco peregrinus brookei Sharpe, Ann. and Mediterranean 

 Mag. N.H. (4) xi., p. 21 (1873). [Sardinia, countries and 

 type in Brit. Mus.] islands, from 



[ =F. punicus, aud.] S. Spain to 



Lesser Peregrine Falcon. Greece, and 



Asia Minor, 

 Smaller than F. p. peregrinus and with N. Marocco. 

 more slender feet ; wing ^ 280-300, $ 320- 

 339 mm. ; less heavily marked below and 

 with the ground colour much more ruddy 

 buff. 



302f. Falco peregrinus minor Schleg., Abh. Geb. 

 Zool. & Vergl. Anat., heft iii., p. 20 (1844). 

 [Mtns. of Cape of Good Hope.] 

 S. African Peregrine Falcon. 



Shghtly smaller ; wing (J 270, ? 280-298 

 mm. ; duller in colour than jF. p. peregrinus 

 and with the dark bars on abdomen closer 

 together. 



Africa, from 

 Cape Colony to 

 Blue Nile and 

 Socotra on E., 

 and on W. to 

 Angola and 

 Gold Coast. 



