$16 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. FaTcons. 



falk, and Rothel geyer. Frifch. av. t. 84. 85. — Keftrel, Keftril, Stannel, or "Windhover. Brit, 

 zool. n. 60. Arft. zool. ii. 226. m. "WilLorn. 84. t. 5. Sloan, jam. 294. Albin, iii. t. 5. 7. Lewin, 

 brit. b. i. t. 19. male, and t. 19. f. fern. Hayes, br. b, t. 4. Lath. fyn. i. 94. n. 79. 



In the male the crown and tail are light grey, the latter having a black bar near the end : In the 

 female the head is reddifh, the crown being ftreaked with black ; the back, wing coverts, and tail are 

 rufty, with black bars. The male weighs fix ounces, and the female eleven. 



163 (3. Grey Keftril.— 100. /3. F. Tinnnnculus grifeus. 



The plumage is grey. S. G. Gmel. it. 49. t. 10. Lath. ind. orn. i. 42. n. 98. /3. Syn. i. 95.. 

 n. 79. b. 



164 y. Lark Keftril.- — 100. y. F. Tinnunciilus alaudarius^ 



Of a reddifh colour, ftreaked with brown, the under parts marked with longitudinal 

 brown fpots ; the tail is reddifh grey, ftreaked tranfverfely with brown, the quills 

 being blackifh toward the ends and tipt with white. Lath. ind. orn. i. 42. n. 98. v . 



Accipiter alaudarius. BrifT. orn. 1 10. n.,22. — Maeufe falk. Frifch. av..t_88. — Lark Hawk. Lath- 

 fyn. i. 95. n. 79. a. 



Inhabits Europe, Siberia, and Tartary. — Is found about old buildings, and preys on fmall birds, 

 mice, and infects : It migrates into Sweden and other parts of the north in the early part of fpring, 

 along with the White Wagtail : Formerly this fpecies was trained for catching partridges and other 

 fmall birds. 



165 61. Bohemian Hawk. — 101. Falco bohemicus. 107. 



The legs are yellowifh ; the body is afh coloured on the upper, and white on the lower 

 parts; the orbits are white; the outer webs of the five outmoft wing quills are black. 



F. bohemicus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 43. n-. 100. — Maeufe habicht, Miffylauce. J. Meyer, boehm. 

 abhandl. vi. 313. 



Inhabits the mountains of Bohemia. — This fpecies fcarcely exceeds a foot in length ; it goes abroad 

 only in the evening in fearch of mice : The bill is yellow near the angle of the mouth; the hides are 

 yellow ; the tail is long and pointed ; the legs are thickifh and feathered below the knees ; the claws 

 are black and rounded. 



166 62. Fifhing Falcon. — 102. Falco pif cat or. 108. 



The legs are brown ; the plumage of the head is longifh and afh coloured ; the uppeT 

 parts of the body are afh coloured, the under parts are pale yellowifh white ; the up- 

 per furface of the tail is light brown, its under furface a bluifh afh. 



F. pifcator. Lath. ind. orn. i. 43. n. 101. — Faucon pecheur. Dampier, voy. iii. 318. — Faucon 

 pecheur de Senegal, ou Tanas. Buff. oif. i. 275. PI. enl. 478. — Fifhing Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 9.5. 

 n. 80. 



Inhabits Senegal. — This fpecies lives by catching fifh, which it tears to pieces before fwallowing 

 them. The bill and irides are yellow ; the feathers on the upper parts of the body are edged with 

 rufty brown 5 thofe of the under parts are fpotted on the middle with brown. 



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