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in number, are a rich reddish brown, very little of the ground-colour 

 being visible. 



The Kestril procured by my men at Malewoon is rather richly coloured, 

 and probably belongs to the race which Mr. Blyth named T. saturatus. It 

 does not, however, in my opinion, differ from Indian birds except in this 

 particular point of rich coloration. 



590. TINNUNCULUS AMURENSIS. 

 THE EASTERN RED-FOOTED KESTRIL. 



Falco vespertinus, var. amurensis, Radde, Reis. Amurl., Vog. p. 230, pi. i. 

 fig. 2, a, b, c. Cerchneis amurensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mm. i. p. 445 ; 

 id. 8. F. iii. p. 303; Legge, fS. F. iii. p. 362 ; id. Birds Ceylon, p. 119 ; Hume, S. F. 

 viii. p. 81 ; Inglis, 8. F. ix. p. 243 ; Sutler, & F. ix. p. 371 ; Gates, S. F. x. 

 p. 178. Erythropus amurensis, Hume, S. F. ii. p. 527, v. p. 6 ; Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 148. Erythropus vespertinus, apud Hume, 8. F. iii. p. 22 ; 

 Wald. in Bl. B. Burm. p. 59. Falco amurensis, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 34. 



Description. Adult male. The whole upper plumage and sides of the 

 head leaden black ; the wings and tail more ashy, the outer webs of the 

 quills and the outermost coverts washed with silvery grey ; chin, throat, 

 sides of the neck, breast, abdomen and sides of the body slaty ; lower part 

 of abdomen, vent, thighs and under tail-coverts chestnut ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white. 



The adult female has the whole upper plumage ashy brown, blacker on 

 the head and back, more ashy on the upper tail- and wing-coverts, the 

 whole with indistinct black cross bars ; tail ashy, with numerous narrow 

 black bars, the terminal one broader than the others ; wings brown, the 

 quills barred with white on the inner webs ; forehead whitish ; feathers 

 round the eyes and cheeks blackish ; chin, throat, ear-coverts and sides of 

 the neck white ; breast, abdomen and sides of the body white tinged with 

 rufous, and with broad black streaks on the breast and abdomen, turning 

 to bar-like marks on the sides of the body ; vent, thighs and under tail- 

 coverts pale buff with a tinge of rufous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white, barred with black. 



The young are like the adult female in general appearance ; but the 

 feathers of the upper plumage are margined indistinctly with rufous, and 

 there is an obscure rufous collar round the hind neck ; the lower plumage 

 is also considerably brighter. 



Iris hazel ; eyelids and bare skin orange ; bill dark orange, black at the 

 tip ; tarsi and feet dark orange. (Gurney.) 



