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 ACCIP1TRES. 



FALCON1DJE. 



FALCON I DA. 



FALCO TINNUNCULUS, Linnaeus*. 



THE KESTKEL, OB WINDHOVER. 



Falco tinnunculus. 



THE KESTREL is the most common species of the British 

 Falconiche, and from its peculiar habits, which place it very 

 often in view, it is also, as might be expected, the best 

 known. It is handsome in shape, attractive in colour, and 

 graceful in its motions in the air ; though from its mode of 



* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 127 (1766). 



