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Rapaces—Diurne. 
FALCONID. 
Genus—Fatuco. (Linneus.) 
Sub-genus—Fatco. ( Bechstein.) 
LESSER KESTREL. 
Faleo Tinnunculoides. 
Falco Tinnunculoides, Natrerer. TEMMINCK. 
“« — eenchris, Naumann. ScHLEGEL. 
« — Tinnuncularis, VIEILLOT. 
“gracilis, Lesson. 
Cerchneis cenchris, Cu. Bonaparte. 
Faucon creserellette, Or 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. 
Tue 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 
