122 FALCOX. 



the breast dusky reddish white, banded with dull brown, appearing 

 on the breast as oval marks ; quills blackish, marked on the inner 

 webs with eight, or more, pale grey, oval spots ; on the tail twelve 

 alternate dull brown and ash-grey bands. 



The female is almost one third bigger than the male ; the 

 colours not so well denned, and wants the black on the cheeks; also 

 the breast and neck are plain smutty white. 



This species inhajjits the pine forests of Germany, preying on 

 grous, hares, and small birds. It may by some be mistaken for a 

 variety, but M. Bechstein assures us, that it is a distinct species. 



49.— INGRIAN FALCON. 



Falco vespertinus, Ind. Orn. i. p. 46; Lin. i. 129. Gm. Lin. i. 282. Gm. It. i. p. 67. 



t. 13. /f/. ii. p. 163. Lepcch. It. \. 2S0. G'eorg'i, p. 164. Daud. i\. 124. Shaw't 



Zool. vii. 190. 

 Kober, Dec. Russ. ii. 142. 

 Ingrian Falcon, Gen. Si/n. i. 102. Id. Sup. 27, 



SIZE of a pigeon ; bill yellow, with a brown tip ; cere and 

 eyelids yellow ; head brown ; body bluish brown ; belly bluish 

 white ; the primaries, from the first to the seventh, blackish at the 

 tips ; legs naked, yellow. 



Said to inhabit Ingria ; chiefly flying in the morning and 

 evening ; is common about the lake Baikal, as well as Astrachan ; 



