FALCONS 325 



One, Bempton Cliff, Yorks., June 18, 1869 : Cordeaux, 



" Birds of the Humber District," p. 5. 

 One in collection of G. D. Rowley, Field, May 24, 1873. 

 One, Titchfield, Hants, Oct. 25, 1875 : Leggatt, Field, Oct. 



30, 1875. In the collection of J. E. Harting. 

 One, Eyton Bridge, Whitby, 1876 or 1877: Clarke, " Birds 



of Yorkshire," p. 17. 

 One, Kinghorn, Fife, Sept. 20, 1880 : Harvie-Brown, Proc. 



Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb., 1880. In the Edinburgh 



Museum. 

 One, Swinside, near Jedburgh, June 21, 1888 : Evans, 



Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb., 1889, p. 168. In Museum 



of Science and Art, Edinburgh. 



LESSER KESTREL. Falco cenchris, Naumann. Length, 

 12*5 in. ; bill, 075 in. ; wing, 9 in.; tarsus, 1'25 in. 



Hab. Southern and South-Eastern Europe, migrating 

 in winter to South Africa. 



One, Suffolk, Field, Nov. 4, 1864, and Jan. 20, 1865. 

 One, Wilstrop, near York, Nov. 1867 : Clarke and Roe- 

 buck, " Handbook Yorks. Vert.," p. 48. In York 



Museum. 

 One captured alive at Dover, May 1877: Gordon, Zool., 



1877, p. 298. In the Dover Museum. 

 One near Shankill, co. Dublin, Feb. 17, 1891 : More, Zool., 



1891, p. 152; Ussher, "Birds of Ireland," p. 148. 

 One, Tresco, Scilly, March 1891: Jenkinson, Zool, 1891, 



p. 153. 

 One, BoynaUe, Aberdeenshire, Oct. 25, 1897 : Sim, Ann. 



Scot. Nat. Hist, 1898, p. 51. Weight, U oz.; length, 



111 in. 



Ohs. For remarks on the priority of the specific 

 name cenchris, see Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 515. 



