﻿observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  197 
  

  

  "~^64<. 
  Haliaetus 
  ALBiciLLA. 
  White-tailed 
  Eagle. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  never 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  bird, 
  but 
  Canon 
  Tristram 
  

   saw 
  one 
  in 
  Lanzarote. 
  

  

  65. 
  AcciPiTER 
  Nisus. 
  Sparrow-Hawk. 
  [Halcon.) 
  

   Common 
  and 
  resident; 
  many 
  also 
  arrive 
  in 
  the 
  autumn. 
  

   It 
  is 
  most 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  mountains. 
  We 
  once 
  found 
  its 
  

   nest 
  in 
  a 
  low 
  bush 
  of 
  tree-heath, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  yard 
  from 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  It 
  sometimes 
  breeds 
  in 
  laurels, 
  but 
  much 
  more 
  

   frequently 
  in 
  pines. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  only 
  a 
  visitor 
  in 
  Fuerte- 
  

   ventura 
  and 
  Lanzarote. 
  

  

  QQ. 
  MiLvus 
  iCTiNUS. 
  Kite. 
  [Milano.) 
  

  

  The 
  Red 
  Kite 
  is 
  common 
  and 
  resident 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  western 
  

   islands, 
  except 
  La 
  Palraa, 
  where 
  we 
  could 
  neither 
  see 
  it 
  nor 
  

   hear 
  of 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  extremely 
  bold 
  about 
  the 
  towns, 
  but 
  wary 
  

   enough 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  The 
  poor 
  peasants 
  who 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  

   mountains 
  have 
  a 
  great 
  dread 
  of 
  the 
  Kites, 
  which 
  take 
  the 
  

   chickens 
  almost 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  houses, 
  but 
  they 
  care 
  little 
  for 
  

   the 
  Buzzards. 
  

  

  Q7. 
  Falco 
  punicus. 
  Small 
  Peregrine 
  Falcon. 
  [Halcon 
  

   real.) 
  

  

  1 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  now 
  that 
  the 
  Falcon 
  which 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  

   Canaries 
  is 
  referable 
  to 
  this 
  species. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  they 
  

   breed 
  in 
  Tenerife, 
  as 
  we 
  could 
  never 
  see 
  or 
  hear 
  of 
  a 
  nest, 
  

   but 
  they 
  are 
  occasionally 
  seen 
  at 
  all 
  seasons 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

   Canon 
  Tristram, 
  however, 
  saw 
  a 
  pair 
  that 
  appeared 
  to 
  con- 
  

   template 
  nesting 
  in 
  Gran 
  Canaria. 
  

  

  68. 
  Falco 
  vespertinus. 
  Red-footed 
  Falcon. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  spring 
  migration 
  of 
  1890 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  examples 
  

   of 
  F. 
  vespertinus 
  visited 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Orotava. 
  

  

  69. 
  TiNNUNCULus 
  ALAUDARius. 
  Kestrcl. 
  {Cernicalo.) 
  

   The 
  Kestrel 
  abounds 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  and, 
  except 
  in 
  

  

  Fuerteventura, 
  the 
  female 
  is 
  always 
  very 
  dark 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  

   very 
  strongly 
  marked, 
  having 
  the 
  tail 
  blue, 
  with 
  narrow 
  black 
  

   bars 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  moult 
  ; 
  the 
  males 
  are 
  rather 
  light 
  and 
  

   pure 
  in 
  colour. 
  The 
  Fuerteventura 
  Kestrel 
  is 
  much 
  smaller 
  

   and 
  lighter 
  in 
  colour, 
  the 
  females 
  being 
  vert/ 
  pale. 
  In 
  Lan- 
  

  

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