BLACK KITE 



PLATE XL FIGURE II. 

 Milvus migrans, ...... BODDAERT. 



THIS rare bird, only one specimen of which has been 

 recorded in England, migrates regularly from Europe 

 into Africa. The nest, which resembles that of the Eng- 

 lish Kite, is usually built in a tall tree, or among brush- 

 wood, or rocks, the materials being merely sticks, lined with 

 wool, paper, rags, or any other soft materials. 



The eggs, generally two in number, although three or 

 four are occasionally produced, are of a dull whitish colour, 

 with blots and spots more or less of light reddish brown or 

 brownish yellow, through which are sometimes seen patches 

 of pale pink. Some specimens are far more deeply marked 

 than others, and in many cases they cannot be distinguished 

 from the eggs of the common Kite. 



