SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. 



71 



RAP TO RES. 



FALCONWJE. 



THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. 



Elanus furcatus, Swallow-tailed Kite, Flem. Brit. An. p. 52. 



,, ,, ,, Elanus, Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 77. 



Milvus ,, ,, Kite, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 86. 



Nanclerus ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xxii. 



Nauclerus. Generic Characters. — " Bill small, weat, considerably hooked, 

 with a small and nearly obsolete festoon in the middle. Orbits and sides of 

 the head thinly provided with feathers. Wings very long ; the first and 

 second quill internally emarginate towards the tip. Tail very long and deeply 

 forked. Tarsi very short, not longer than the hind toe and claw ; plumed half 

 way in front, the remaining portion covered with angulated scales. Toes short ; 

 the two lateral almost equal, the hinder nearly equal to the inner. Claws 

 grooved beneath." 



Two specimens of this elegant bird having been taken in 

 this country, it is entitled to a place in this work ; and I have 

 followed Mr. Vigors, * Mr. Swainson,-f- and Mr. Gould, | 



* Zoological Journal, vol. ii. p. 386. 



t Natural History and Classification of Birds, vol. ii. p. 210. 



X Birds of Europe, pt. xxii. 



