KITES 327 



BLACK-WINGED KITE. Elanus aeruleus (Desfont.). 

 Length, 13"25 in.; bill, 1 in.; wing, 10*5 in.; tarsus, 

 1*4 in. 

 Hah. South-Eastern Europe; Africa; India, and Ceylon. 



One, Bog of Horsetown, Beauparc, near Slane, co. Meath : 

 Sir John Dillon, Field, April 17, 1875, and Zool., 

 1875, p. 4455; Ibis, 1872, p. 471; and A. G. More, 

 " List of Irish Birds," 1885, p. 6. In possession of Sir 

 John Dillon, of Lismullen. 



Ohs. This bird is recognisable on the wing by its 

 greyish-white colour with black wings, and its habit 

 of hovering like a kestrel, which the common kite 

 never does. 



SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. Nauclerus furcatus (Lin- 

 ngeus). Length, 21 in,; bill, Vo in.; wing, 16*25 in.; 

 tarsus, 1"4 in. 



Hah. Southern United States; Central and South 

 America. 



One, Ballachulish, Argyllshire, 1772: Dr. Walker, Adver- 

 saria, 1772, p. 87, and 1774, p. 153 ; Fleming, " Hist. 

 Brit. An.," p. 52 ; Yarrell, " Hist. Brit. Birds." 



One, Shaw Gill, near Hawes, Wensleydale, Sept. 6, 1805 : 

 Dr. Sims, Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. xiv. p. 583. 



One, Bishop of Winchester's Park, Farnham, Surrey, 

 summer 1833 : Holme, Zool, 1856, p. 5042. 



One, Eskdale, Cumberland, April 1853: Robson, Zool, 1854, 

 pp. 4166, 4366, 4406. 



One said to have been shot on the Mersey, June 1843 : 

 formerly in Macclesfield Museum, but sold with other 

 birds by auction at Stevens's, June 14, 1861, realising 

 £9, 10s., Field, June 22, 1861. 



Ohs. Other specimens of this bird are said to 



