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GexusYIII. MILVUS. KITE. 



Bill compressed towards the end, its upper outline 

 convex and sloping to the edge of the cere, then curved 

 in the fourth of a circle, the edge with a festoon beyond 

 the middle ; the wings very long, with the fourth quill 

 longest ; the tail very long and forked. P. 26 S. 



HEAD OF MILVUS REGALI; 



1. Milvu^ regalis. Kite. — Male with the upper parts 

 brownish-red, witli narrow longitudinal blackish-brown 

 spots, the lower parts of a lighter red. Female with the 

 head greyish- white, the other parts as in the male. Young 

 of a deeper red. P. 27'2. 



Easily distinguished from any British bird of the family 

 by its long forked tail. 



