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     354a. F. r. gy'rfalco (1.01m. (intl-‘AU‘UNxWlll'ttll streaked with 
     
     huily white and t'nseous or Mack: hack Varying; from ln'ow'nish gray to slaty 
     
     t'useons, wit/tout complete hars and sometimes entirely unluarred: tail of the 
     
     same color as the l!:|1‘l{. with indistinct or incomplete lighter liars, umler 
     
     parts heavily streaked with whitish and t'uscous. 
     
    

    
     1mm (37" Northern liurope and arctic America. from northern Lahrador 
     
     and coasts et' lltulson [Say to Alaska"; casually south in winter to ll. l. 
     
    
   
   
    
     3541). F. r. obsoletus (Gr/101.». BLAH: ('rriu'.-\LeoN.—l'pper parts 
     
     uniform slaty l‘useous, wit/taut har. tail the same. without or with only 
     
     broken hars', under parts 01' the same color as the back, the feathers with 
     
     partly concealed huti)‘ spots, 
     
    

    
     181([1f/(fi’14lll1l‘zltlttl‘: southward in winter. casually to Long Island. 
     
    

    
     Il't'I/t/lrlt‘x. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Gyrtaleous are so rare in collections that the descriptions here 
     
     given can not be considered as applying to the species as a whole, hut rather 
     
     to the individuals from which the descriptions were taken. 1". {slum/us is the 
     
     lightest colored, and 1". r. r/b.~'u/vt/I.~' is the darkest of our supposed four terms, 
     
     while the others are intermediate hetw‘een these two. 
     
    
   
   
    
     355. Falco mexicanus Selling. I’luimi: FAIA'HN. .»l:/.7Ab0vc. 
     
     grayish hrow'n: primaries and inner welvs of all hut the middle tail»t‘eathers 
     
     with numerous huti'y bars or spots; below. white. streaked and spotted with 
     
     dark grayish brown. Inn-mSiiuilar. but with the upper parts margined with 
     
     oeliraeeous—bufl‘ or butt): 5 l“. 17""): “I. 12-20: 12,700. 
     
    

    
     Rang/ea;Western l'nited States, eastward casually to Illinois. 
     
    

    
     Alas-t, on clitl's, sometimes in hollow trees. [zyg/N. two to live, “creamy 
     
     White, Vinaecuus—white, or pale \‘inaeeous—hutt'y. sprinkled. speckled, or 
     
     irregularly sphttetl with madtler-hrtm'n. 13'1”: x 1'00" tl’titlngl. 
     
    

    
     V “ The Prairie Falcon. as the name implies, is a typical plains bird. 
     
     and inhabits the dry interior. . . . 
     
    

    
     “'l‘he tlight of this Ilawlt is swift and graceful. though in most 
     
     cases it is carried on at no great distance from the ground. It is not 
     
     a. shy bird. except in sections where it has been persecuted and has 
     
     learned that man is its worst enemy" (Fisher). 
     
    
   
   
    
     356. Falco peregrinus anatum t‘ l)’011r1[i.i. Deer; Hunt. Ad.~ 
     
     Upper parts dark liluish slate-color; primaries barred with eehraetwus: tail 
     
     indistinetly harred with ldaekisli and tipped with white: under parts er -am— 
     
     hull'. barred and spotted with hlaek. except on the hreast. [uhvlfppt-r parts 
     
     t'useous. more or less margined with oehraeeous or rufous: region helow the 
     
     eye hlaek: eaiueorerts bully: wings ts in the ad.: upper snrt'aee ot' the tail 
     
     harred with g 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
     .t ish. under surt'aee littl'l'eil with oehrm-eous—lmil: under parts 
     
    
   
   
    
     ereamJutll'or richraeeousdunil'. streaked. spotted,or harred with lulaek. a l... 
     
     10-00; “2. 1225: 'l‘.. 6'30: 1’). from N.. W. 9 L. l‘J'IW: \\'.. tit-mi; '1‘.. 77.1) 
     
     [fang/Irrxorth America and the greater part of South America, breedingr 
     
     locall}~ from our Southern States northward. 
     
     Washington. rar- and irregular W. V. Sing Sing, casual. Cambridge, 
     
     rare '1‘. V., casual in winter. 
     
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