FALCONIDA—SITES. 163 
Genus MILVUS. 
COMMON KITE. 
Milvus ictinus Savigny. 
Adult Male: Head pale greyish, narrowly streaked with 
brown ; quills blackish ; ¢az/ /orked, the feathers rufous-brown , 
rest of under parts rufous, the feathers all having dark brown 
centres ; chin and throat greyish, streaked with dusky, rest of 
under parts rich rufescent-brown, streaked longitudinally with 
dark brown; bill horn-colour ; cere, legs, feet and irides yel- 
low. Length 24 to 26 inches; culmen 1'5 to 1°8; wing 20°'5 ; 
tail 14°5 ; tarsus 2°25. 
Adult Female: Closely resembles the male, but is per- 
haps a trifle greyer about the head, and more rufous beneath, 
also somewhat superior in size. 
Young: Head rufous-brown streaked with darker brown, 
and mottled with white ; otherwise very similar to adults. 
Distribution : Occurs in temperate Europe and Northern 
Africa, resident in parts of Southern Europe. 
Habitat: Well wooded and watered regions, often in the 
vicinity of villages. 
BLACK KITE. 
Milvus migrans (ud). 
Adult Male: Head and neck whitish, closely streaked 
with brown ; dack and ¢arl-feathers dark earthy drown ; wing- 
quills blackish ; coverts pale margined ; deneath dull reddish- 
brown, streaked with dark brown; Jd2/7 black ; cere, legs, and 
feet yellow; irides pale yellow. Length 22 to 23 inches; 
Pulmen 173; wing 17 to 18°5; tail To} to 1075 $ tarsus 2°75 
to 2. 
Young: Head browner than in adults ; back-feathers and 
wing-coverts margined or tipped with yellowish-white, tail with 
brown bars, and whitish tipped; under parts reddish-brown, 
copiously streaked with buffish. 
Distribution: A summer visitant to Europe south of the 
Baltic. Of doubtful occurrence in Great Britain. Occurs 
throughout Africa and in Western Asia. 
Habitat: Like the preceding species, selects wooded 
regions, also more open country. 
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