Fics. 3 anp 4. 
Drawing from a painting of a Hawk at Karnak, to show the overlap 
of the wing feathers. 
THE KESTREL 
Falco tinnunculus 
The male has the upper plumage of head, back, and wings 
red-brown, spotted and barred with black ; under-parts buff 
with black spots on flanks, and which on breast are smaller 
and closer together, making long lines. Rump and tail blue- 
grey, barred with black, one broad bar at end of tail tipped 
with pure white, base of bill and legs yellow, eyes brown. 
The female is without the blue-grey, and is more evenly 
brown all over, with spots and bars on the tail. 
Length, 13°5 inches. 
Tuts is the commonest Hawk, and nests in nearly 
all the ruins of temples and old buildings up and 
25 4 
