43 LESSER KESTREL. 
Rap aces— Diurnje. 
FALCONIDjE. 
Genus Falco. ( Linnceus.) 
Sub-genus Tinnunculus. ( Vieillot.J 
LESSER KESTEEL. 
Tinnunculus cenchris. 
Tinnunculus cenchris, Naumann. Gould. 
Falco tinnunculoides, Natterer. Temminck. Bree; first ed. 
" tinnuncularis, Vieillot. 
" gracilis, Lesson. 
" Naumannii, Fleisch. 
Cerchneis cenchris, Ch. Bonaparte. 
Faucon cresserellette, Of the French. 
Rothelfalke, Of the Germans. 
Falco grillago, Of the Italians. 
Primella or Buero, Of the Spaniards. 
Specific Characters. — Wings reaching to the end of the tail; upper plumage 
and quill feathers of the male without spot. Claws white. Length, male 
thirteen inches, female twelve inches. 
The Lesser Kestrel inhabits chiefly the eastern and southern parts 
of Europe. It is found in Hungary and Austria, and is very common 
in the kingdom of Naples, Sicily, and the mountains of the middle of 
Spain. Mr. Savile Reid found it common at Gibraltar. It occurs in 
the Morea, the north of Africa, the Crimea, and Switzerland. In 
France its principal localities are Languedoc, Provence, and the Pyre- 
nees, particularly in the neighbourhood of that beautiful mountain 
town Bagneres-de-Bigorre. In France it is a summer visitor only. In 
Styria, according to the late Herr Seidensacher, it is not uncommon. 
It is rare in Savoy, common in Sardinia and Malta, rare in Bulgaria, 
