tail feathers are grey, the other three are marked on 

 the inner webs, with dusky bars, the two outermost 

 are marked with alternate bars of white and rust 

 colour; the legs are very long, slender, and yellow. 

 Bewick. 



Weight 13oz. length 184 inches. 



Lin. Trans, ml 9. p. 182. 



Female. The bill is black; the cere, irides, and legs 

 are yellow; the upper parts dusky; the breast, belly, 

 and thighs, are yellowish brown, marked with dusky 

 oblong spots ; the rump is white ; from the back of 

 the head, behind the eyes to the throat, there is a 

 line of whitish coloured feathers, forming a collar or 

 wreath ; under each eye there is a white spot, the 

 tail is long, and marked with alternate brown and 

 dusky bars. Bewick. 



A female in our possession, was shot on the moors above 

 Stanhope, county of Durham, just as it had struck a moor 

 poult. W. 



16. TINNUNCULUS. KESTREL OR WINDHOVER. 



F. Ferrugineus nigro maculatus, capite caudaquf 

 (marts) canis, hac fascia subterminali nigra 

 Shaw. 



Male. The bill is lead colour ; irides large, dusky ; 

 the crown of the head is light grey ; the tail the same 

 with a black bar, the tip is white; the upper parts are 

 lighter spotted with black ; the legs are yellow. 



Weight 7oz. length 13 inches. 



