220 



darker red, with about 15 bars of black ; 

 throat unmarked, but rest of under surface 

 with narrow central streaks of black. 



317a. Cerchneis alopex eremica Oberholser Pr. Togo Hinter- 



Biol. Soc. Wash., xxx., p. 76 (1917) nom. land; 



nov. pro. C. a. desertipola Reichenow, Orn. Gold Coast 



M.B., vii., p. 190 (1899). [Mangu, Togo Hinterland. 

 Hinterland.] 

 Desert Kestrel. 



Paler below than typical form. 



318. Cerchneis newtoni (Gurney), Ibis, 1863, p. 34 Madagascar ; 

 pi. 2. [Madagascar.] Comoro Is., 



Madagascar Kestrel. Aldebra I. 



Smaller ; wing ^ 188, ? 208 mm. ; c? above, 

 light rufous, streaked on head and neck 

 and arrow-headed on scapulars and wing- 

 coverts with black ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts dark bluish grey with more or less 

 of black arrow-head markings ; tail bluish 

 grey banded with black, subterminal band 

 very broad ; forehead, sides of head and 

 under parts creamy white, tinged with 

 rufous on chest, with elongated black spots, 

 becoming more oval on breast and flanks ; 

 under wing-coverts white, streaked with 

 black ; $ similar. 



319. Cerchneis punctatus (Temm.), PI. Col., i., Mauritius, 

 hvr. 8, pi. 45 (1823). [Isle de France.] 

 Mauritius Kestrel. 



Size similar ; wing ^ 178, $ 192 mm. ; 

 above dull foxy rufous, with rather broad 

 bars of black ; head with blackish shaft- 

 stripes ; tail deep bay, with 6 bands of 



