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.) Traits, p. 93 (1831).] 

 \Seychelhs.'] 

 Seychelles Kestrel. 



Smaller ; wing <? 142, ? 160 mm. ; <J above 

 maroon-chestnut, with a few black shaft- 

 lines and spots, chiefly on wing-coverts 

 and scapulars ; rump, upper tail-coverts 

 and tail bluish grey, latter with broad 

 subterminal and 4 other black bands ; 

 head dark bluish grey ; sides of face paler ; 

 below isabeUine fawn colour, unspotted ; 

 ? scarcely differs. 



Seychelles Is. 



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 <J 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 



1 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 Polish 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. 



