HAWKS 289 



rapid with quick wing-beats, sometimes 

 suspends itself on rapidly vibrating wings, 

 like a Belted Kingfisher; frequently jerks 

 its tail when perching. 



288. LITTLE SPARROW HAWK. 

 Similar to last, but smaller; cinnamon 



spot on head, small or absent in male; 

 female, more broadly banded with black 

 above. Gulf States, resident. 



289. CUBAN SPARROW HAWK. 

 Differs from last in being nearly slaty- 

 gray above; beneath, deep rusty. Female, 

 rusty above and below. Cuba; casual in Fla. 



290. KESTREL. 



Differs from Sparrow Hawk in being 

 larger and in having blue of head extending 

 over a portion of upper parts, and in being 

 conspicuously streaked below. Europe; ac- 

 cidental in Mass. 



291. PRAIRIE FALCON. 



Large, 18; brown above; band on back 

 of head and beneath, white, heavily streaked 

 with brown. Western U. S.; casual in 111. 



