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KESTREL. 
the breast and lower parts are more ochraceous 
than in the male, and the spotting and streaking 
of the same form, is broader, and thus appears 
closer; the underparts of the wings are also 
tinted with ochraceous. 
In the young males, the head and tail have a 
slight greyish tinge, and the bars are more 
indistinct or clouded on the latter ; the under 
parts of the wings are also of a purer white than 
those parts in the females. 
In all our British Falcons, the iris is brown, 
and undergoes no change in the adult birds. 
Our next division, or the sub-typical, is seen 
in the sub-family, 
