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gent friend of mine is of opinion that the sparrow hawk- 

 flies later than any other species, although I cannot af- 

 firm that it does. You may sometimes see a hawk of 

 any species flying late in the evening, but in the dusk 

 I have never seen one actually hunting. 



The Kestrel is easily tamed, and, according to Wil- 

 lughby and others, was formerly employed by idle peo- 

 ple for seizing small birds and young partridges. It is 

 sometimes named the Kastril, Kestril, or Kistril, the 

 Windhover, the Stannel, Stonegall or Steingall, and 

 Sparrow Hawk. By the Highlanders it is united with 

 the bird that properly bears the latter name, under the 

 common appellation of Clamhan, to which is sometimes 

 added the distinctive epithet ruadh, or red. 



Falco Tinnunculus. Linn. Syst Nat. vol. i. p. 127. 



Falco Tinnunculus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. p. 41. 



Kestrel. Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Faucon Cresserelle. Falco Tinnunculus. Temm. Man. d'Or. 



nith. p. 29. ' 

 Falco Tinnunculus. Kestrel. Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 50. 

 Kestrel. Falco Tinnunculus. Selby, Illustr. vol. i. p. 47. 



