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FALCO TINNUNCULUS. 



(COMMON KESTREL.) 



Falco tinnunculus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 127 (1766). 

 Cerchneis tinnuncula, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 314. 

 JEgypius tinnunculus, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 29 (1829). 

 Falco fasciatus, Eetz. Faun. Suec. p. 70 (1800). 

 Falco brunneus, Bechst. Ornith. Taschenb. p. 38 (1802). 

 Cerchneis murum, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 70 (1831). 

 Cerchneis media, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 72 (1831). 

 Falco rufescens, Swains. B. of W. Afr. i. p. 109 (1837). 

 Falco interstinctus, Maclell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 154. 

 Tinnunculus alaudarius, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 3 (1840). 



Faucon-cresserelle, French ; Thurm-Falke, German ; TaarnfalJc, Danish ; Tornfalk, Swedish ; 

 Taamfalk, Norwegian ; Cernicalo, Spanish ; Francelho, or Peneireiro, Portuguese ; 

 Gheppio, Italian. 



6 . capite pulchre cinereo, plumis medialiter nigro striolatis : fronte et linea angusta superciliari albicante ; 

 genis argenteo-cinereis : striga mystacali ab oculo anteriore orta nigricanti-cinerea : gutture et colli 

 lateribus fulvescenti-albidis : dor so rufo, ubique maculis nigris triangularibus notato : dorso imo cum 

 uropygio et supracaudalibus clare cinereis, scapis obsolete notatis : tectricibus alarum superioribus 

 dorso concoloribus : remigibus nigricantibus fulvescente marginatis, pogonio interno transverse albo 

 fasciato, secundariis runs dorso concoloribus : cauda cinerea versus apicem nigro late transfasciata, 

 fulvescente terminata : corpore subtus rufescente, pectore superiore nigro longitudinaliter striate, 

 hypoebondriis maculis pyriformibus nigris notatis : abdomine medio cum subcaudabbus pallide rufe- 

 scentibus immaculatis : cruribus dilute castaneis, immaculatis : subalaribus albis nigro variis : rostro 

 plumbescenti-corneo, ad basin flavicante : pedibus flavis. 



2 ■ rufa, nigro late transfasciata, secundariis albicante terminatis : capite nigro longitudinaliter striato : genis 

 albicantibus : subtus rufescens, nigro medialiter variegata : gutture cum cruribus et abdomine imo 

 fulvescentibus, fere immaculatis : cauda rufa nigricante transfasciata, versus apicem latius, apice 

 fulvescente : rostro et pedibus ut in mari coloratis. 



Adult Male. Head clear blue-grey, tbe featbers mesially streaked with narrow black shaft- stripes, these 

 being broader on the nape ; forehead and eyebrow whitish ; cheeks silvery grey ; a distinct moustache 

 from the front of the eye blackish grey ; sides of the neck fulvescent, with narrow little streaks ; back, 

 scapularies, and wing-coverts rufous, marked with triangular black spots near the apex of the feather, 

 some of these spots being larger than others ; quills blackish, margined with dirty white, the inner web 

 transversely barred with whitish ; the secondaries rufous, like the back, the outer ones varied with 

 black bars, the inner ones almost entirely rufous, with a black triangular spot near the tip ; lower part 

 of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts clear blue-grey; tail blue-grey, with a broad black band 



