244 



KESTREL. 



Class II. 



bars are very conspicuous. The under parts 

 of the body and thighs white, with a broad 

 streak of bright bay dowii the shaft of each fea- 

 ther : the tail rather cuneiform, the two middle 

 feathers dark brown or dusky, the rest dark ash- 

 color marked on the inner webs with four equi- 

 distant bars ; the legs orange yellow, rather long 

 and slender : the claws small and black. Ed. 



£0. Kestrel. FalcoTinnuncalus. 1". cera pe- 

 dibusque flavis, dorso rufo 

 punctis nigris, peclore striis 

 fuscis, Cauda rotundata. Lath. 

 '■■ - Ind. orn. 41. id. Sijn. i. g4. id. 



Sup. i. 25. 



LaCresserelle. Belon ai\ 125. 



Gesner av. 54. 



Kistrel, Kastrel, or Steingal^ 



■ Turneri. 



Aldr. av. 188. 



The Kestril, Stannel, Stone- 



' gall. Windhover. Wil. orn. 



- 84. 



Rati syn. av. l6. 



La Cresserelle. Brisson av. i. 



; 393. Hist, d'ois. i. 280. PL 

 Enl. 401. 471. 



Wlndvvachl, Rittlweyer, 



Vv^annenweher. Kram^ 



331. 

 Roethel-Geyer. Frisch. i. 84. 



J'cem. Mause-Falck. Frisch. 



i. 88. 

 Falco thmunculus. Gm. Li)i. 



278. 

 Kyrko-Falk. Faun. Suec. sp. 



61. 

 Kirke-Falk. Brunnick4, 5. 

 Gheppio, Acertello, Gavi- 



nello. Zinan. 88. 

 Br. Zool. 68. plate A, Arci. 



Zool. i. 261. 

 Postoka, Splintza, Skoltsch* 



ScopoU. No. 5. -- -■" - ■•■ 



Descrip- X HE male of this beautiful species weighs 

 only six ounces and a half:, its length is fourteen 



TION. 



