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as inhabiting the island of Madeira,* but as a 
specimen was not procured, we are perhaps not 
warranted in asserting that it was not one of the 
very closely allied species of Africa or Spain ; at 
the same time, we have seen it recorded in lists 
of birds from Africa, on which we could place 
some dependence. It is recorded by Major 
James Franklin as occurring on the Ganges 
between Calcutta and Benares ; f by Dr Horsfield 
it is said to be Javanese ; Mr Selby also mentions 
having received the Kestrel from continental 
India, with this distinction only, that the colours 
of the female birds were paler ;J and by Colonel 
Sykes it has been noted as inhabiting the Dun- 
kun.§ If these facts can be depended on, and 
their value must be judged of by our readers, we 
have for this bird an extensive range, particularly 
to the south. It does not, however, seem to 
reach to an equal extent to the northward as the 
strong and powerful Jer and Peregrine Falcons, 
but on the American continent is replaced by the 
beautiful little F. sparverius, which in many 
respects, partakes of the same manners, though 
we have in them also a considerable blending with 
those of the Merlin. 
* Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical 
Science. 
t Proceed, of Zool. Society, part i. p. 114. 
J British Ornithology, vol. i. p. 49. 
} Proceed, of Zool. Society, part ii. p. 80. 
