Identifier: historyofbirdso01bree (find matches)
Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886 Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893, engraver
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Groombridge and Sons ...
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nd nearly all the tail of abluish ash; a large black band at the end of the tailfeathers, which are tipped with white; throat light; theother under parts of a clear reddish russet, studded withsmall spots and longitudinal black streaks. Feet, claws,cere, and eyelids, yellow; beak bluish. The old female is rather larger; she so nearlyresembles in the colour of her plumage the femaleof the Kestrel, that it is impossible to distinguish themin a description; they would however, be known fromeach other at the first glance; first, by the very smallsize, and, secondly, by the length of the quill feathers,which reach to the end of the tail. The young males of the year differ but slightly fromthe old female. 50 LESSER KESTREL. The egg of this hircl is from a drawing kindly sentme by M. Moquin-Tandon. The egg from which thedrawing is made was supplied to M. Moquin-Tandonby M. Parreys, of Vienna. Eadeker, (Die Eier derEurop., Vog., pi. 10, fig. 4,) has represented six vari-eties of this species.
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LE-D J 51 Rapaces—Diurnae.FALCONIDJE. Genus—Falco. (Linnaeus.)Sub-genus—Astur. (Bechslein.) Sub-generic Characters.—Wings short, reaching to about twothirds of the length of the tail; first quill feather muchshorter than the second, the third nearly equal to the fourth,which is the longest. Tarsi long; toes of moderate length,the middle one the longest. Claws much bent and pointed. LITTLE RED-BILLED HAWK. Falco Gabar. Falco Gabar, Latham; Ind. Orn. Sup. Fpervier Gabar, Dattdin; Tr. dOrn.,ii. p. 87. Astur Gabar, Le Vaillant. Kaup. Nisus Gabar, Cuviee; Eegn. An., i. p. 321. Sparvius Niger, Vieillot; Gal dcs Ois., i. 22. Accipiter Niger, Gould; B. of Australia, pt. 3. pi. f. Micronisus Gabar, Geat; Gen. of Birds. Le Gabar, Le Vaillant. Red-legged Falcon, Latham. Specific Characters.—Cinereous, paler on the chin, throat, andbreast. Body, thighs, and inner wing coverts white, with numer-ous gray bars. Tail with four blackish bands; base and tailcoverts pure white; feet and base o

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