*323. 
*323a. 
226 
Cerchneis cinnamominus cinnamominus 
(Swains.), Animals in Menag., p. 281 (1838). 
[Chile.] 
Cinnamon Kestrel. 
Larger; wing ¢ av. 198, tail 140 mm. ; 
$ with no rufous on crown ; 2 usually with 
partial crown patch ; $ tail with one narrow 
(av. 13 mm.) black subterminal band and 
white tips mixed with rufous, tips of central 
pair and inner webs of outer pair of 
feathers rufous; below white, chest with 
decided tinge of fawn, and with large 
black rounded spots on sides; @ with 
much narrower (almost linear) bands on 
tail-coverts and tail, which is much paler ; 
below whiter with narrower and paler 
stripes. [Specific distinctions: dg slate 
crown without rufous, pale chest, and 
spotted under parts ; 2 narrower and more 
regular bars on tail-coverts and tail.] 
Cerchneis cinnamominus australis (Ridgw.), 
Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1870, p. 149. 
[Paraguay, type in U.S. Nat. Mus. ; new 
name for Falco gracilis (nec. Lesson) 
Swains., Anim. in Menag., p. 281, 1838, 
Bahia, Braz., type in Brit. Mus.] 
Brazilian Kestrel. 
Slightly smaller ; wing g av. 180, tail 127 
mm.; tail with subterminal black band 
appreciably wider (av. 22 mm.) ; sides 
moderately spotted with black; @¢ tail 
darker red, and with broader, straighter, 
and more complete cross-bars, subterminal 
one broader; below with broader and 
darker brown stripes. 
Southern 
S. America : 
Chile ; 
Argentina 
(except N.E.)4; 
S. Peru, W. of 
Andes (?) ; 
Patagonia to 
Straits of 
Magellan ; 
Falkland Is. 
Brazil, N. to 
Amazon 
River (?), S. to 
N. Argentina ; 
W. to Paraguay 
and the eastern 
slopes of Andes 
in Bolivia and 
Peru. 
1 Line of demarcation in Paraguay, Bolivia and S. Peru uncertain. 
