Excerpt from The Emu, 1904-5, Vol. 4: A Quarterly Magazine to Popularise the Study and Protection of Native Birds; Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union Cases have been recorded in Europe where Kestrels, when pressed hard for food, have had recourse to young game. I have not, however, observed this habit with the Nankeen Kestrel in Victoria or'western Australia, and have had splendid Oppor tunities of observing their habits in both States. It is said that the common Kestrel of Europe is represented by a dark resident race in countries bordering on its southern range. Allowing for a tendency towards variability in size and colouring amongst members of the genus, I think, nevertheless, that upon a com parison of the new species with that of the Eastern bird (which is identical wit'h our coast bird) the specific differences will appear such _as to justify, on sight, the above separation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.