Front:
KESTREL HAWK.
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Back:
Series II.
ROS
OROS
CARTE POSTALE.
ARTISTIC
By Appointment.
“BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS."
Raphael Tuck & Sons” “AQUARETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 9399.
The Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). The Kestrel, or
Windhover, is our commonest bird of prey, and is well
known on account of its peculiar motionless hovering. To
destroy this beautiful falcon is nothing less than wanton
folly, for its food consists almost entirely of mice. It lays
its eggs, as a rule, in old nests of crows or pigeons,
occasionally building its own which consists of a few
twigs and heather in a hole in a cliff. The eggs, from four
to six in number, are yellowish with deep reddish brown
spots and blotches.
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.
Printea in England.
