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Gen. XCVII. CERCHNEIS Boie (1826). 
Type Falco rupicolus Daud. 
With the general characters of Falco, but wings 
not so long and third primary nearly equal to 
second ; outer and inner toes equal. (Plumage 
always rufescent ; sexes usually dissimliar). Size 
small (length 9.5-15 in.). 
{*313. Cerchneis tinnunculus tinnunculus (Linn.), Europe, from 
S.N.,1., p. 90 (1758)..[“ Europe’ =Sweden.) 68° N. in 
Common Kestrel. Scandinavia and 
61° N.in Russia 
Size small; wing ¢ 230-250, tail 158-165 to Mediter- 
mm.; wing 2 245-260, tail 165-172 mm.; ranean and 
3d above brick-red, with a few arrow-head N.W. Africa ; 
black markings, especially on the inner Brit. Isles ; 
3l13a. 
secondaries; head and neck blue-grey, 
with narrow black shaft lines; primaries 
dark brown, notched with white; lower 
back, rump and tail blue-grey, the tail 
with broad subterminal band of black and 
tipped with white; below pale rufous 
fawn, chest with black streaks, becoming 
spots on flanks ; thighs rufous buff, throat 
and under tail-coverts buff, unspotted ; 9 
above entirely rufous, banded with black, 
with only a bluish shade on rump; tail 
rufous barred with black ; below paler. 
Cerchneis tinnunculus _—_ rupicoleformis 
W. and C. Asia ; 
in winter to 
Africa. 
Egypt, Nubia ; 
(Brehm), Vogelfang, p. 29 (1855). [ex Wiirt- N. Somaliland ; 
temberg MS.—‘ Egypt and Germany ”’ ; 
restricted type loc. Egyt.] 
Egyptian Kestrel. 
Below deeper and warmer than in typical 
form, which it quite equals in size. 
S. Arabia. 
