60 BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. Falco. 



Len<Tthl2 breadth 27 inches ; weight 7 ounces. Bill blue; "Jdes-W; 



webs wlh oval transverse reddish%pots. Rump, thighs, and vent, pale 

 ran^T^'Ath brownish bars, the tips white; two middle feathers entae- 

 Ivofadeeirdove colour. In the female the plumage has a reddish tmge. 



and prevent them from taking wmg. Departs m October. 



b. Destitute of mustaches. Inner rcebs of the first and se- 

 cond quills abbreviated towards the extremity; outer web 

 of the second abbreviated. Tarsi reticulated. 

 13. F. Tinnunctdus. Kestrel, Stannel, or Wind-Hover.— 

 Middle toe shorter than the tarsus. 



IF«.Orn.50. ^JW. Scot. 15. P«m. Brit. ZooL i. 195. T.m. Orn.* 

 <r>Q—W, Cudyll coch — Stationary and common. 



„chl»,,gsrtu., the rest ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ „tyoU„™b feathers, 



re"e*S,e iH^tl^^^i pW, hovering stationary, at some height, 

 hi the air, with its head to windward. 



14 F JEsalon. Merlin.—Middie toe as long as the tarsus. 



Wm Orn. 50. Pcnn. Brit. ZooL i. 200.-IMerlhi or Stone-Falcon, Mmi. 



Orn iSct. Suppt. Tcm. Orn. i. 27.-ns Corwalch.-Near woods.-^ ot 



common. „ , , 



Ten-th 12 breadth 25 inches ; weight 5 i ounces. BiUbhie; cere, margin 



of dfelve and feTlemon-vellow. PlSmage, above, bluish-gi-ey, with a longi- 



ot "le eyejin le 1 le V i^gnealh, the throat is white, and the re- 



tudinal black spot on each teauiei , , ^.^^ntrng downwards. 



=litrt\r/r:Jtel°ogi;^^^^^ 



ber, but breeds in the north and m Scotland. 



(Jen. VII. GYRFALCO. (Hkrofalco of Cuvler.) Jek- 

 FALCON.— Notch of the bill obsolete. Tarsi reticulated. 



