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two localities, but there can be; no doubt that the 

 specica will become extinct in our area unless 

 great care be exercised. There can be little doubt 

 that the Kite breeds in few parts of England at 

 the present time, one of the las(, recorded nests 

 being taken in Lincolnshire twiMity-seven years 

 ago. It, however, atill continues to breed in Wales, 

 and in one or two localities in Scotland ; whilst 

 Professor Newton states that it nests at the present 

 time in certain woods in lluntinjxdonshire and 

 Lincolnshire, and in th(^ Western Midlands. 1'he 

 Kite never seems to have been indigenous to 

 Ireland ; and nowadaj^s the bird is only occasion- 

 ally seen in most parts of England — in<lividuals 

 apparently on migration, and probably fai- out of 

 their usual course. Outside the British area the 

 Kite breeds in most parts of Europe, resident in the 

 central and southern districts and migratory in the 

 extreme north. In Scandinavia it reaches as far 

 north as lat. 61°, and in Ilussia certainly nests anS 

 high as Archangel. It is best known in North- 

 west Africa as a winter visitant, but a few remain 

 to breed ; and it is also found in the out- 

 lying Atlantic islands. In North-east Africa it 

 appears to be absent, although it is a common 

 winter visitor to Palestine, where it also breeds. 



