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Connecticut (in mountains to South Carolina) ; winters from southern British 

 Columbia, Colorado, and New Jersey (occasionally further north) to the West 

 Indies and Panama; occurs also in southern South America. 



c. Falco peregrinua pealei Ridgway. Peale's Falcon. [3566.] 



Falco communis var. pealei Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., V, Dec, 1873, 

 201. (Oregon.) 



Range. — Pacific coast region of North America from Commander and 

 Aleutian islands to Oregon. Breeds throughout its range. 



Subgenus TINllUMCTILUS Vieillot. 



Tinnunculus Vieillot, Ois. Amer. Sept., I, 1807, 39. Type, by subs, 

 desig., Falco columbarius Linnaeus (Sharpe, 1874). 



Falco columMrius Linn^us. 



Range. — Northern North America, south in winter to northern 

 South America. 



a. Falco columbarius columbarius Linnaeus. Pigeon Hawk. [357.] 



Falco columbarius Linn^us, Syet. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 90. (Carolina.) 



Range. — North America to northern South America. Breeds from north- 

 western Alaska and northwestern Mackenzie south in the mountains to Cali- 

 fornia and southern Oregon, and from central Keewatin, northern Ungava, 

 and Newfoundland south to northern Michigan, central Ontario, and Maine; 

 winters from California and the Gulf States (casually further north) south 

 through Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies to Ecuador and Vene- 

 zuela. 



h. Falco columbarius suckleyi Ridgway. Black Pigeon Hawk. [357a.] 



Falco columbarius var. suckleyi Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., V, Dec, 

 1873, 201 . (Shoalwater Bay, Washington.) 



Range. — Northwest coast region from Sitka to northern California. 



c. Falco columbarius richardsoni Ridgway. Richardson's Pigeon Hawk. 



[3576.] 



Falco (Hypotriorchis) richardsonii Ridgway, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 for 1870 (1871), 145. (Mouth of Vermilion River, South Dakota.) 



Range. — Interior of western North America. Breeds in the Great Plains 

 region from southern Alberta and middle of Saskatchewan Valley to northern 



