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merous genus, the present species is twice particu- 

 larized in the Gmelinian edition of the Systema 

 Naturae, viz. first under the title of Falco cegyptius^ 

 and again under that of F. Forskahlii, 



KESTRIL. 



Falco Tinunculus. F, ferrugineus nigro maculatus^ capite cau* 



daque (maris) cards, hac fascia suhterminali nigra. 

 Ferruginous Hawk spotted with black, the head and tail (of the 



male) grey, the latter marked by a subterminal black bar, 

 Falco Tinunculus. F, cera pedibusqite Jiavis, dorso rufo punctis 



nigris, pectore striis fuscis cauda rotundata. lin. Syst. Nat, 

 The Kestril^ Stannel, Windhover. IFilL orn, p, 84. Penn, 



Brit, Zool. edit.foL p. 68, pi. A, Hayes Brit. Birds, pi. 4, 



By far the most elegant of the smaller British 

 Hawks : general length of the male about fourteen 

 inches, and the breadth about two feet three inches : 

 colour of the back and wing-coverts bright ferru- 

 ginous, spotted with black : the quill-feathers black 

 with pale edges; the head blueish grey with small 

 longitudinal black streaks; and the tail blue-grey 

 with a broad black bar near the tip, which is white : 

 the under parts of the bird are pale or yellow- 

 ferruginous, with longitudinal black streaks: the 

 bill is blue ; the cere and legs yellow. The female 

 is much larger than the male: the colour of the 

 back and wings less bright, and the spots disposed 

 into transverse bars; the head pale ferruginous, 

 streaked with black, and the tail of similar colour, 

 marked by numerous black bars, that at the tip 



