LESSER KESTREL 



PLATE XVII* 

 Falco cenchris, NAUMANN. 



THE Lesser Kestrel, which has only once been reported 

 as a British bird, lays its eggs amongst ruins, or in the 

 crevices of mountain rocks. 



The eggs are four or five in number, of a reddish white 

 ground-colour, with a great number of little points and spots 

 of a brick-dust red, commingled together and mixed with other 

 small brown spots. 



They are usually paler than those of the common Kestrel, 

 but vary considerably in depth of marking. 



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