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*322e. Cerchneis sparverius dominicensis (Gmel.), San Domingo 
S.N.,i., p. 285 (1788). [San Domingo. and Cuba. 
St. Domingo Kestrel. 
Wing g 173 mm.; head slate, usually 
without rufous on crown, and black bands 
on back nearly absent ; chest pale fawn in 
oldest birds, faintly striped in younger ; 
below white, unspotted in oldest birds, or 
with a few dusky spots on sides in less 
mature ; inner webs of primaries white, the 
black bars nearly obsolete ; 2 with bands 
above narrower than in typical form ; 
below much whiter, slightly streaked on 
sides of breast with pale brown. 
*322f. Cerchneis sparverius guatemalensis1 Swann, Central America 
Syn. List Accip., p. 156 (1920). [Capetillo, (Brit.Honduras, 
Guatemala, in coll. H. Kirke Swann; co- Honduras, 
type Huehuetenango, Guatemala, in coll. Nicaragua, 
Brit. Mus. ] Costa Rica, 
Central American Kestrel. Guatemala) ; 
Mexico (cas. ?). 
Wing ¢ 184, tail 133 mm.; above darker 
than C. s. phalena, especially tail; back 
more heavily banded with black; tail 
band slightly broader ; head darker slate, 
either without rufous, or with a small and 
indistinct nape patch; below” creamy 
white, including the chest, and much more 
heavily striped on chest and spotted on 
breast and sides with large black spots ; 
thighs and vent unspotted. 
1 The Central American form here designated is the resident form, and I 
have added a co-type in the Brit. Mus. coll. obtained in June, as my own type is 
without date. It is true that North American migrants (principally of the western 
form, phal gana) occur commonly in Central America, but I regard the birds with 
heavily marked under parts, little or no colour on chest, and little or no red on 
crown, as quite distinct and forming the resident race in Central America. 
