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FALCO TINNUNCULUS. THE KESTREL. 



KESTRIL, KASTRIL, KISTRIL. WINDHOVER. STONEGALL, STEINGALL, 

 STANNEL. KEELIE. SPARROW HAWK. CLAMHAN RUADH. 



Fro. 227. 



Falco Tinnunculus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 127. 



Faico Tinnunculus. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 41. 



Kestrel. Mont. Ora. Diet. 



Faucon Cresserelle. Falco Tinnunculus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 29. 



Kestrel. Falco Tinnunculus. Selb. lllustr. I. 47. 



Falco Tinnunculus. Kestrel. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 84. 



T/ie u'ings ivhen closed about two inches shorter than the tail. 

 Male icith the head, hind-neck, rump, and tail light greyish- 

 blue, the latter icith a broad subterminal black bar ; the back 

 and icing-coverts pale-red, with oblong or triangular dark spots ; 

 the loioer parts light yellowish-7'ed, icith longitudinal linear and 

 guttiform spots. Female with all the tipper parts light-red, icith 

 transverse spots and bars of dark-brown, the loicer parts paler, 

 icith oblong dark markings. Young similar to the female, but 

 with the spots larger. 



Male. — The Kestrel, which is one of the most beautiful of 

 our falcons, may be described as to form and proportions in 



