312 FALCO SUBBUTEO. 



range of this species in Britain, in so far as is known, are the 

 counties of Durham and Cumberland. It is said to be gene- 

 rally distributed over the continent of Europe, extending in 

 summer to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and specimens 

 have been received from India. 



Young. — When fully fledged the young have the upper parts 

 brownish-black, but with the margins of ail the feathers yel- 

 lowish-white. The forehead and a line over the eyes are yel- 

 lowish-grey. The quills have their inner webs marked as in 

 the adult, and their tips reddish-\vhite, as are those of the tail- 

 feathers, which are marked with transverse bands of light red, 

 disappearing at the inner third of the outer web, the two mid- 

 dle feathers plain. The throat is yellowish-white, and that 

 colour extends in a band over the hind-neck ; the mystachial 

 bands are narrow ; the breast and abdomen yellowish- white, 

 with longitudinal dark brown streaks ; the tibial feathers pale 

 yellowish-red, streaked like the breast ; the lower tail-coverts 

 yellowish- white, with the shafts brown. 



