96 



Length 14.5 ; wing 9.95 ; tail 7.8 in. ; above 

 cinereons, darker on interscapulary region ; 

 wing and tail quills ashy grey, the secondaries 

 white at tips ; forehead and indistinct eye- 

 brow whitish ; cheeks and under parts pure 

 white. 

 239. Nauderus rioconri (Vieill. et Oud.), Gal. Ois., 

 i., p. 43, pi. 16 (1823). [Senegal, type in Br. 

 Mus.] 

 Cinereous Kite. 



N.E. Africa 

 W. Africa 

 (Senegambia 

 to Hausa- 

 land). 



Gen. LXVII. MILVUS Lacep. (1799). 



Tail forked, but difference between longest and 

 shortest feather less than difference between tips 

 of 23rimaries and tips of secondaries. 



Length ad. about 24 in., wing 19-20.75 ; tail 

 14-15 in. ; plumage above browai with rufous 

 margins, the wing -co verts paler ; primaries 

 black ; rump dark brown ; uj^per tail-coverts 

 rufous ; tail rufous, tipped with fulvous, the 

 outer feathers partly barred with dark brown 

 on inner webs ; head, face and throat whitish 

 streaked with dark brown ; chest pale rufous, 

 with dark central streaks and paler edges ; 

 below bright rufous, with dark central 

 streaks ; bill horn colour ; cere and feet 

 yellow. 

 240. Milvits milvus milvus (Linn.), S.N., i., p. 89 

 (1758). [Europe, Asia, Africa—type loc. S. 

 Siceden, apud Hartert.] 

 Common Kite. 



Wing ad. 18.20-19.30 ; tail less forked, depth 

 of fork only about half as great ; all the 

 feathers, including central pair, barred. 

 240a. Milvus milvus fasciicaitda Kurt., Bull. B.O.C., 

 p. 89 (1914). [(^ Santo Antao, Cape Verd, 

 in Tring Mus.] 

 Cape Verd Kite. 



Europe, 

 breeding 

 from S. 

 Sweden S. to 

 Spain, also 

 Morocco, 

 Asia Minor, 

 Canary Is ; 

 in Brit. Is. 

 confined to 

 Wales. 



Cape Verd Is. 

 (resident). 



