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Rap aces — Diurnre. 

 FALCONWjE. 



Genus Falco. (Linnceus.) 

 Sub-genus Falco. ( Bechstein.J 



LESSER KESTREL. 



Falco tinnunculoides. 



Falco tinnunculoides, Batterer. Temminck. 



" cenchris, Natjmann. Schlegel. 



" tinnuncularis, Vieillot. 



" gracilis, Lesson. 



Cerchneis cenchris, Ch. Bonaparte. 



Faucon creserellette, Of the French. 



Specific Characters. — "Wings reaching to the end of the tail; 

 upper plumage and quill feathers of the male without spot. Claws 

 yellowish. Length eleven 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. 

 It is found in the Morea, the north of Africa, 

 the Crimea, and Switzerland. In France its principal 

 localities are Languedoc, Provence, and the Pyrenees, 

 particularly in the neighbourhood of that beautiful 



