BRITISH BIRDS* 
THE KESTREL. 
STONEGALL, STANNEL HAWK, OR WINDHOVER. 
( Falco Tinnunculus j Lin. — La CreJJerelle , Buff.) 
The male of this fpecies differs fo much from 
the female, and is fo rarely feen, that we have gi- 
ven a figure of it from one we had in our polfelfion. 
Its length is fourteen inches ; breadth two feet three 
inches ; its bill is blue ; cere and eyelids yellow ; 
eyes black ; the forehead dull yellow ; the top of 
the head, back part of the neck, and fides, as far as 
the points of the wings, are of a lead colour, faintly 
ftreaked with black ; the cheeks are paler ; from 
the corner of the mouth on each fide there is a dark 
ftreak pointing downwards ; the back and coverts of 
the wings are of a bright vinous colour, fpotted with 
black ; quill feathers dufky, with light edges ; all 
the under part of the body is of a pale ruft colour. 
