76 HILL BIRDS OF SCOTLAND 



Description. — The male Kestrel has the head, rump, and 

 tail slate grey, the tail being tipped with white and 

 having a black bar ; mantle and wing coverts red, spotted 

 with black ; throat white, the rest of the mider parts 

 light broAvn, lined with black on the chest and spotted 

 with black on the flanks ; lower abdomen and under 

 tail coverts white ; cere, space round eye, and legs, 

 yellow. The female has the crown and neck red. Tail 

 red, closely barred with black. The under parts resemble 

 those of the male, but are paler. 



The young resemble the female. Very old hen Kestrels 

 tend to resemble the males. 



