1 8 BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE KESTREL. 



STONEGALL, STANXEL HAWK, OR WINDHOVER. 



(Falco TinnunculuSy Linn. Faucon crcsserelle, ' 

 Temm.) 



THE male differs so much from the female that 

 we have given a figure of a mature bird which we 

 had in our possession. Length fourteen inches ; 

 breadth two feet three inches ; bill blue ; cere and 

 eyelids yellow ; eyes black ; forehead dull yellow ; 

 top of the head, back part of the neck, and sides, 

 as far as the points of the wings, lead colour, faintly 

 streaked with black ; the cheeks are paler ; from 

 the corner of the mouth on each side a darkish 

 streak points downwards ; back and coverts of the 

 wings bright cinnamon brown, spotted with black ;* 

 quill feathers dusky, with light edges ; inside of the 

 wings white, beautifully spotted with brown on the 

 under coverts, and barred on all the quills with 

 pale ash ; the under part of the body is pale rust 



* Some specimens are much more spotted than others. 



