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paler grey; quills brownish, externally ashy grey, barred on the 
inner web with whitish; head, hind neck and under parts rufous, 
inclining to buff on the under tail-coverts ; forehead whitish ; lores 
and feathers round the eye greyish black; sides of the face and 
neck, as well as the throat, yellowish white, with faint indications of 
a pale rufous moustachial streak; soft parts as in the male but less 
bright. Total length, 11 inches; culmen, 0°7; wing, 9°7; tail, 
5°6; tarsus, 1°15. 
Young.—-In general colour similar to the adult female, having the 
tail barred with black. The fore part of the head is whitish, and 
there is a strong tinge of rufous on the edgings to the interscapulary 
region, the bases to the feathers being blackish; feathers round the 
eye and on the upper part of ear-coverts greyish black, with 
faint indications of a moustachial streak ; throat and sides of neck 
creamy white; under surface rufous, paler than in the old female, 
and streaked with blackish centres to the feathers, these developing 
into spots towards the end of the feather; cere, orbits, and feet 
reddish yellow, claws yellowish white, with dark grey tips. 
Tig. Sharpe and Dresser, B. Eur. part 1. 
Eastern Red-footed Kestrel. 
Eyen as in its breeding places this species has a more eastern 
habitat, so in its winter residence it appears not to go so far to the 
westward as C. vespertina. Only three specimens occurred to the 
late Mr. Andersson in Damara Land, the foregoing species being by 
far the more common bird there, as it is in Benguela. There are 
two specimens in the British Museum, obtained by Dr. Kirk on the 
Zambesi, and Mr. Gurney states that the Norwich collection contains 
a specimen from thence. The following remarks of Dr. Kirk refer to 
this species: ‘In February and March it is seen in numbers on the 
Shiré, where the bush vegetation and palm-forest come down to the 
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river.” 
Mr. Ayres has procured this Kestrel in the Transvaal, and accord- 
ing to the same gentleman, in Natal, “ numbers may be seen 
during the summer months about the open downs in the neighbour- 
hood of Maritzburg,” 
Dr. Exton likewise shot a fine example in the Matabili country, 
and Mr. Andersson obtained one at the Knysna. 
Dr. Kuk gives the following account of its habits in the Zambesi 
