244 



KESTREL. 



Class II. 



bars are very conspicuous. The under parts 

 of the body and thighs white, with a broad 

 streak of bright bay down 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. 



20. Kestrel. Falco Tinnunculus. F. cera pe- 

 dibusque flavis, dorso rufo 

 punctis nigris, pectore striis 

 fuscis, cauda rotundata. Lath. 

 Ind. orn. 41. id. Syn. i. g4. id. 

 Sup. i. 25. 



La Cresserelle. Belon av. 125. 



Gesner av. 54. 



Kistrel, Kastrel, or Steingal, 

 Turneri. 



Aldr. av. 188. 



The Kestril, Stannel, Stone- 

 gall, Windhover. Whl. orn. 

 84. 



Raii syn. av. 16. 



La Cresserelle. Brisson av. i. 

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

 Enl. 401. 471. 



Windwachl, Rittlweyer, 



Wannenweher. Kram, 



331. 

 Roethel-Geyer. Frisch. i. 84. 



Jam. Mause-Falck. Frisch. 



i. 88. 

 Falco tinnunculus. Gm. Lin. 



278. 

 Kyrko-Falk. Faun. Suec. sp. 



01. 

 Kirke-Falk. BrunnichA, 5. 

 Gheppio, Acertello, Gavi- 



nello. Zinan. 88. 

 Br. Zoo I. 68. plate A. Arct. 



Zool. i. 26l. 

 Postoka, Splintza, Skoltsch- 



Scopoli. No. 5. 



Descrip- JlHE male of this beautiful species weighs 



TIOK. . . . 



only six ounces and a half: its length is fourteen 



