225 



*322e. Cerchneis sparverius dominicensis (Gmel.), San Domingo 

 S.N.,i., p. 285(1788). [San Domingo.] and Cuba. 



St. Domingo Kestrel. 



Wing cJ 173 mm. ; head slate, usually 

 without rufous on crown, and black bands 

 on back nearly absent ; chest pale fawn in- 

 oldest birds, faintly striped in younger ; 

 below white, unspotted in oldest birds, or 

 with a few dusky spots on sides in less 

 mature ; inner webs of primaries white, the 

 black bars nearly obsolete ; $ with bands 

 above narrower than in typical form ; 

 below much whiter, slightly streaked on 

 sides of breast with pale brown. 



*322f. Cerchneis sparverius guatemalensis'^ Swann, 

 Syn. List Accip., p. 156 (1920). [Capetillo, 

 Guatemala, in coll. H. Kirke Swann ; co- 

 type Huehuetenango, Guatemala, in coll. 

 Brit. Mus.J 

 Central American Kestrel. 



Central America 

 (Brit. Honduras, 

 Honduras, 

 Nicaragua, 

 Costa Rica, 

 Guatemala) ; 

 Mexico (cas. ?). 



Wing (J 184, tail 133 mm. ; above darker 

 than C. s. phalcena, especially tail ; back 

 more heavily banded with black ; tail 

 band sHghtly broader ; head darker slate, 

 either without rufous, or with a small and 

 indistinct nape patch ; below creamy 

 white, including the chest, and much more 

 heavily striped on chest and spotted on 

 breast and sides with large black spots ; 

 thighs and vent unspotted. 



i The Central American form here designated is the resident form, and 1 

 have added a co-type in the Brit. Mus. coll. obtained in June, as my own type is 

 without date. It is true that North American migrants (principally of the western 

 form, phalcena) occur commonly in Central America, but I regard the birds with 

 heavily marked under parts, little or no colour on chest, and little or no red on 

 crown, as quite distinct and forming the resident race in Central America. 



