88 RARE VISITANTS. 
One, Galtee Mountains, Feb. 1870: Sir Victor Brooke, The 
Ibis, 1870, p. 538. 
One near Parsons Town, King’s County, shortly afterwards : 
A. B. Brooke, Zoologist, 1871, p. 2524. 
BLACK KITE. Jfilvus migrans (Boddaert *). 
Hab. Europe, excepting Norway, Sweden, and Finland ; 
Siberia; Palestine ; Sinai; Africa; Madagascar. 
One, Alnwick, Northumberland, 11th May, 1866: Hancock, 
The Ibis, 1867, p. 253; Gurney, Zoologist, 1869, p. 1598. 
Obs. Sir Robert Sibbald, in his ‘Scotia Illustrata,’ 
1684, speaks of “a black Gled” as formerly inhabiting 
Scotland. In Don’s ‘Fauna of Forfarshire’ (1813) 
also allusion is made (p. 39) to “ Malco ater (Black 
Eagle),” found “ on heaths and low hills.” 
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. Nauclerus furcatus (Lin- 
nus). 
Hab. Southern United States, Central and South America. 
One, Ballachulish, Argyleshire, 1772: Dr. Walker, Adver- 
saria, 1772, p. 87, and 1774, p. 153; Fleming, Hist. Brit. 
An. p. 52; Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. 1. p. 85. 
One, Shaw Gill, near Hawes, Wensleydale, 6th Sept. 1805 : 
Dr. Sims, Trans. Linn. Soe. vol. xiv. p. 583; Yarrell, /. c. 
One, Bishop of Winchester’s Park, Farnham, Surrey, summer 
1833 : Holme, Zoologist, 1856, p. 5042. 
One, Eskdale, Cumberland, April 1853: Robson, Zoologist, 
1854, pp. 4166, 4406. 
* Faleo migrans, Boddaert, Table Pl. Enl. p. 28 (1783). Falco 
ater, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 262 (1788). 
