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occurrence in any district. When searching for 

 food it moves along at a moderate height, wheel- 

 ing and gliding in an undulating course, and pro- 

 ceeding at intervals with motionless wings. It 

 breeds early in the spring, in extensive woods, 

 generally making its nest in the fork of a large 

 tree. The nest is composed of sticks, lined with 

 wool, hair, and other soft materials. The eggs are 

 much rounded, and blunt at the smaller end, and 

 are generally two in number. They are of a 

 greyish white, speckled with brownish orange, 

 principally at the larger end, but sometimes they 

 are found quite plain. 



KITE, SWALLOW-TAILED. 



FALCO FUBCATUS, Wilson. 



This bird is known from all the British 

 species of Falcons by its very long and deeply 

 forked tail, as well as by its peculiar colouring 5 

 the head, neck, and lower parts being white, the 

 wings and tail glossy black. It is a native of the 

 Southern States of North America, where it breeds. 

 The nest, which is usually placed on the top 

 branches of the tallest oak or pine tree, situated on 

 the margin of a stream or pond, is composed of 

 dry sticks, intermixed with moss, and lined with 



