172 WOODLAND CREATURES 



North Africa, and the greater -part of Asia. The 

 form we meet with in Britain is regarded as the 

 same as that found on the Continent, so it will net 

 be necessary to consider its sub-specific status. A 

 smaller, quite distinct, but allied species, that has 

 occurred rarely in Britain (eleven times in all) is 

 the Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni, Fleisch, which 

 is a native of the Mediterranean countries.) 



