KITE. 133 
KITE. 
MILVUS ICTINUS, Savigny. 
Although, no doubt, at one time the Kite was a 
common resident in the Cheshire woodlands, where 
it was known as the ‘Gled,’! it has only been noticed 
very occasionally within recent years. Three or four 
birds have been obtained in the south-west of the 
county, having probably wandered from those districts 
in Mid Wales where the Kite still occasionally manages 
to rear a brood in spite of the constant robbery of its 
eggs by unscrupulous collectors. 
Mr. H. E. Forrest has afforded us an opportunity 
of perusing a letter addressed to the late W. E. Beck- 
with. The writer, Mr. J. M. Howells, states that while 
otter-hunting at Shavington Park about the year 1884, 
the late Harry Shaw of Shrewsbury drew his atten- 
tion to two Kites circling at a great height overhead. 
Shavington is on the county border, part of the park 
being in Shropshire. 
An immature bird was shot at Eaton in September 
1888, and a second was seen at the same time by Mr. 
H. Garland. In the winter of the same year another 
was seen at Oakmere by Mr. A. Cookson. On May 30th, 
1892, a Kite was shot by Mr. J. Burgess at Bruen 
Stapleford, near Tarvin.2. Dr. Dobie informs us that 
this bird was in his possession for some weeks. Mr. 
R. Newstead tells us that Mr. A. Cookson saw another 
Kite at the end of February 1894, in the neighbour- 
hood of Oakmere. 
1 R. Holland, A Glossary of Words used in the County of Chester, 
p. 143. 1884-86. 2 Dobie, op. crt. p. 314. 
