Beaci.  KRYR So TR oR LT: 
but they are fubject to vary, for we have met 
with one fpecimen that had thefe parts entirely plain. 
The legs in color and fhape refemble thofe of the 
preceding. 
This has generally been fuppofed to be the fe- 
male of the former: but from fome late obfervations 
by the infallible rule of diffection, males have been 
found of this fpecies. Wallughby fays, that the 
egos are white, much befmeared with red. Thefe 
birds fly higher than the ben-barrier ; and I have 
feen them perch on trees, 
La Crefferelle. Belon av. 125. Roethel-Geyer, Fri/ch. I. 84. 
Gefner av. 54. fem. Maufe-Falck. Frifch. 
Kiftrel, Kaftrel, or Steingal, I. 88. 
OE Falco tinnunculus. Liz. Sift. 
Aldr. av. 188. 
The Keftril, Stannel, Stone- ck Falk. Faun. Suec. fp. 
gall, Windhover. Wil. orn. 61. 
84. Kirke-Falk. Brunnich 4s 5. 
Raii fyn. av. 16. Gheppio, Acertello, Gavi- 
La Crefferelle. Brifon av. 1. nello. Zinan. 88. 
Bo 3: Br. Zool. 68. plate A. PI, 
Hift, dOys. 1. 280. Enl. 401. 471. 
Windwachl, _ Rittlweyer, Poftoka, Splintza, Skoltfch. 
Wannenweher. Kram, 331. Scopoli. No. i 
HIE male of this beautiful fpecies weighs 
only fix ounces and a half: its length 
fourteen inches: the breadth two feet three inch- 
es: cere and legs yellow: irides dark. Its colors 
at once diftineuith it from all other hawks: the 
crown 
(195 
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