FALCON. 



125 



52 — KESTRIL FALCON. 



Falco Tinnunculus, Jjirf. 0™. i. p. 41. Ljm. i. 127. Faun.Suec. No.6\. Gm. Lin. 



i. 278. Rait, p. 16. Id. p. 180. Will. Orn. p. 50. t. 5. Scop. Ann. i. p. l6. No. 



5. Id. Ann. v. p. 10. 7. Frisch. t. 84. 85. Brim, No. 4. 5. Muller, No. 65. 



/aun. ^rag-. 68. iTT-a/H. p. 331. Gerin. t. 49—52. Borowsk. Nat. ii. p. 74. 



J5ri*. i. 393. Id. 8vo. 113. Spaloicsk. Vog. iii. t. 3. Sepp. Vog. iii. 1. 117. Nisus. 



Daud.'\\. 132. Bechst. Dents. \\. s. 311. 5Aaw'* Zoo/, vii. 179. Tern. Man. 



d'Orn. p. 39. 

 Falco aureus, Cenchris, Klein. Av. 49. 52. 53. /d. Oy.. t. 6. f.4. 

 Thurmfalke, Naturf. viii. s. 52. 

 Rothelgeyer, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 48. 

 II Gheppio, Cet. uc. Sard. p. 47. Zinnan. Uov. t. 15. f. 78. 

 La Cresserelle, Bvf. i. 280. t. 48. PL enl. 401. 471. 

 Kestril, Stannel, Windhover, Gen. Syn. i. p. 94. Id. Sup. p. 25. Id. Sup. ii. 43. 



Br. Zool. i. No. 60. Id.fol. t. A. /(/. ed. 1812. i. p. 244. Arct. Zool. ii. 226. vV. 



Will. Eng. p. 85. pi. 5. Sloan. Jam: 294. ^/i. iii. pi. 5 & 7. Hayes's Br. Birds, 



i. pi. 4. Bewick, i. pi. p. 36. 37. Lewin's Birds, i. p. 19. 19. F. /(/. t. iii. f. i. 



the Egg. Walcot, Syn. i. pi. 19. Donov. Birds, iii. pi. 51. 63. Pult. Dorset. 



p. 3. Orn. Diet, if Sup. 



THE male of this species weighs as far as seven ounces. Bill 

 black ; cere yellow ; irides dark ; crown of the head and the tail fine 

 light grey ; the last marked with a broad black bar near the end, 

 the very tip white ; back and wing coverts rufous, or red brown, 

 spotted and barred with black ; beneath the body pale ferruginous, 

 .spotted with black ; thighs and vent plain ; legs yellow. 



The female is larger, and weighs sometimes from 10 to 11 oz. 

 Colour of the back and wings pale, and more dusky than in the male, 

 crossed with numerous lines of black ; head pale red brown, streaked 

 with black ; tail red brown, crossed with several black bars ; near 

 the end marked with the same black bar as in the other sex. 



