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 <? 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, iinely 

 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 

 Mag. N.H. (4) xi., p. 21 (1873). {Sardinia, 

 type in Brit. Mus.] 

 [=F. punicus, auct.] 

 Lesser Peregrine Falcon. 



Smaller than .F. p. peregrinus and with 

 more slender feet ; wing c? 280-300, ? 320- 

 339 mm. ; less heavily marked below and 

 with the ground colour much more ruddy 

 buff. 



Mediterranean 

 countries and 

 islands, from 

 S. Spain to 

 Greece, and 

 Asia Minor, 

 N. Marocco. 



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. 



Slightly ^mailer ; wing <J 270, ? 280-298 

 mm. ; duller in colour than F. 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. 



