221 



black ; below white, with large oval spots 

 of brownish black, smaller and more longi- 

 tudinal on flanks ; ? similar. 



320. Cerchneis area Oberholser, Pr. Biol. Soc, 

 Wash., XXX., p. 75 (1917) ; [nom. nov. pro. 

 C. gracilis (Less.) Traite, p. 93 (1831).] 

 [Seychelles.] 

 Seychelles Kestrel. 



Seychelles Is. 



Smaller ; wing cj 

 maroon-chestnut , 

 hnes and spots, 

 and scapulars ; 

 and tail bluish 

 subterminal and 

 head dark bluish 

 below isabelline 

 ? scarcely differs 



142, ? 160 mm. ; ^ above 

 with a few black shaft- 

 chiefly on wing-coverts 



rump, upper tail-coverts 



grey, latter with broad 

 4 other black bands ; 



grey ; sides of face paler ; 



fawn colour, unspotted ; 



1*321. Cerchneis naumanni naumanni (Fleischer), 

 Sylvan, 1817-18, p. 174 (1818). [S. Germany 

 and Switzerland, restr. type loc. S. Germany'] 

 Lesser Kestrel. 



Size small ; wing cJ-230-245, ? 230-248 mm.; 

 (J head, hind neck, rump, upper tail- 

 coverts and tail blue grey, latter tipped 

 with white and with broad subterminal 

 black band ; rest of upper parts cinnamon 

 rufous, unspotted ; greater wing-coverts 

 and inner secondaries blue grey, shaded 

 with rufous externally ; primaries dark 

 brown ; throat whitish ; chest and breast 

 pale cinnamon, marked with small black 

 spots, larger on the flanks ; abdomen and 



^ I have not had an opportunity of examining C. naumanni sarmaticus described 

 by Domaniewski (C. R. Soc. Sci. Varsovie, x., p. 1044, 1918, Poland), but it seems 

 doubtful if PoUsh examples can be separated. 



Mediterranean 

 countries, from 

 Spain to 

 S. Russia,^ also 

 N.W. Africa; 

 Asia Minor, 

 Cyprus ; 

 in winter to 

 Africa ; cas. in 

 Central Europe 

 and Brit. Isles. 



