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from ill-temper or in a frolicsome spirit, which is 
more probable. 
Thus I have seen one drive up a flock of Glossy 
Ibises and pursue them some distance, striking and 
buffeting them with the greatest energy. I saw 
another pounce down from its perch, where it had 
been sitting for some time, on a female skunk quietly 
seated at the entrance of her burrow, with her three 
half-grown young frolicking around her. I was 
watching them with extreme interest, for they were 
leaping over their parent’s tail, and playing like 
kittens with it, when the Hawk dashed down, and 
after striking at them quickly three or four times, 
as they tumbled pell-mell into their kennel, flew 
quietly away, apparently well satisfied with its 
achievement. 
WHITE. KITE 
Elanus leucurus 
Above pale grey; lesser wing-coverts and scapulars black; tail 
white, the two middle feathers grey ; beneath white; bill black, eyes 
crimson; feet yellow; length 14.5, wing 11, tail 7 inches, Female 
similar but larger. 
THIS interesting Hawk is found throughout the 
Argentine Republic, but is nowhere numerous. It 
also inhabits Chili, where, Gay says, it is called 
Bailarin (Dancer) on account of its aerial perform- 
ances. It is a handsome bird, with large ruby-red 
irides, and when seen at a distance its snow-white 
