Cla;ssII. kestrel. 



but they are fubjecl to vary, for we have met 

 with one fpecimcn that had thefe parts entirely plain. 

 The legs in color and fhape refemble thofe of the 

 preceding. 



This has generally been fuppofed to be the fe- 

 male of the former: but from fome late obfervations 

 by the infallible rule of difledlion, males have been 

 found of this Ipecies. ^Villughby fays, that the 

 eggs are white, much befmeared with red. Thefe 

 birds fly higher than the hen-harrier ; and I have 

 feen them perch on trees. 



95 



La CrefTerelle. Belona^. 125. 



Gefner a'v. 54. 



Kiftrel, Kaftrel, or Steingal, 



humeri. 

 Aldr. av. 188. 

 The Keftril, Stannel, Stone- 

 gall, Windhover. Wil. orn, 

 84. 



Rail fyn. av. \ 

 L2L CrefTerelle. 



393- 

 Hi/. dOys. I. 

 Windvvachl, 



BriJJon a-v, I. 



280. 

 Rittlvveyer, 



Wannenv/eher. Kram, 331. 



Roethel-Geyer. Frifch. I. 84. 

 fcem. Maufe-Falck. Fri/ch, 



I. 88. 

 Falco tinnunculus. Lin. fyj}. 



127. 

 Kyrko-Falk. Faun. Suec, fp. 



61. 

 Kirke-Falk. Brunnich 4. 5. 

 Gheppio, Acertello, Gavi- 



nello. Zinan. 88. 

 Br. Zool. 68. plate A. PI. 



Enl. 40 1 . 47 1 . 

 Poftoka, Splintza, Skoltichr 



Scopoli. No. 5. 



60. Kes- 

 trel 



THE male of this beautiful fpecies weighs Descrip< 

 only fix ounces and a half: its length 

 fourteen inches : the breadth two feet three inch- 

 es : cere and legs yellow : irides dark. Its colors 

 ^c once diftinguifh it from all other hawks : the 



crow a 



