205 
Similar to F. b. feldeggii, but paler and less 
marked with blackish on crown, also 
slightly smaller; wing 3 310-323, 9 338- 
356 mm. 
7*305d. Falco biarmicus feldeggit Schleg., in Suse- 
+*306. 
mihl, Végel Europas, pl. 8a (1843 or 1844) ; 
idem Abh. Geb. Zool. & Vergl. Anat., heft 
ill., p. 2-3, pl. 10, 11 (1844). [Dalmatia] 
European Lanner. 
Size about the same; wing ¢ 310-326, 
345-356 mm. ; with the under parts much 
more heavily spotted than in F. b. biarmicus 
and the ground colour more creamy white ; 
crown and nape creamy rufous. 
Falco cherrug cherrug Gray, in Hardw. 
Ill. Ind. Zool. it., pl. 25 (1833-34). [India.] 
Saker Falcon. 
Larger ; wing g 350-370, 2 392-420 mm. ; 
head pale rufous to rufous white, with 
narrow blackish shaft stripes; above 
earthy brown, all feathers margined with 
rufous; quills with white bars on inner 
webs uniting on margins ; tail barred with 
rufous white on inner webs and with oval 
spots on outer webs; sides of face and 
throat white, with dusky streaks on ear- 
coverts, but no distinct moustache ; below 
whitish, chest slightly and breast and belly 
thickly marked with blackish brown, be- 
coming bars on flanks. Immature: very 
little rufous on head; moustache stripe 
more apparent ; tail with central feathers 
generally unmarked ; below more heavily 
and longitudinally marked. 
5.E. Europe 
(Balkan coun- 
tries [not ex- 
tending to 
Russia], 
S. Italy. 
S.E. Europe 
(Balkan Penin. 
and S. Russia) ; 
Cyprus (cas.) ; 
C. Asia, to 
N.W. India, 
China and 
Sudan in winter. 
