$322b. 
S22c; 
322d. 
224 
Cerchneis sparverius peninsularis (Mearns), 
Auk., ix., p. 267 (1892). [San José, Lower 
California. | 
Lower Californian Kestrel. 
Smaller ; wing ¢ 165, 9 172 mm.; paler; 
with rufous crown patch; subterminal 
tail band wide (25 mm.); below buffish 
white, well marked with black. 
Cerchnets sparverius paulus Howe and King, 
Contr. N. Amer. Orn., i., p. 28 (1902). 
(Miami, Florida, type in M.C.Z., Harvard.] 
Florida Kestrel. 
Larger ; wing $ 178-190 mm. ; under parts 
nearly immaculate in old birds, the ground 
colour either cinnamon fawn or nearly 
white ; throat white. 
Cerchneis sparverius carribbearum (Gmel.), 
S.N., i., p. 284 (1788). [ex Briss. “An- 
tilles,”’ type loc. sugg. Dominica.] 
Antillean Kestrel. 
Size small ; wing ad. 175 mm. ; above more 
heavily banded with black, the tail barred 
broadly with black even when mature, but 
bars obsolete on central feathers in some 
examples; below creamy white, chest 
washed with fawn, with large black spots 
on breast and sides. 
Southern Lower 
California. 
Florida 
Peninsula ; 
Bahama 
Islands (?)4 
Lesser Antilles 
(St. Lucias 
Dominica, 
Guadeloupe. 
Antigua, 
Montserrat, 
Anguilla, 
Virgin Gorda, 
St. Thomas) to 
Porto Rico.? 
1 I am unable to say definitely what race inhabits the Bahama Islands, not 
having seen examples. 
2? 1 am unable to separate the Porto Rico race [Cerchneis sparveria loyuacula 
Riley, Smiths. Coll., xlvii., p. 284, 1904: Vignes I.] as so far as the scanty material 
available shows it is not distinguishable from cavibb @arum. 
