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and jackdaws have been found in the nest in some numbers in Wales. Both the 

 grass snake and the adder, as well as frogs and lizards, form part of its diet, and 

 on the Continent young hares, moles, mice, voles, many species of birds, snakes, 

 frogs, lizards, orthoptera, beetles and worms (Naumann), as well as almost every 

 kind of carrion. [F. c. K. J.] 



6. Song Period. Mostly silent save during the period of reproduction, 

 differing in this respect widely from the black kite, which is rather a noisy bird. 

 [F. c. B. J.] 



The following species are described in the supplementary chapter on " Rare 

 Birds " :- 



Black kite, Milvus korschun (Gmelin) ; [M ilvus migrans (Boddaert)]. 

 [American swallowtailed-kite, Elanoides forficatus (Linnaeus).] 

 [Blackshouldered-kite, Elanus cceruleus (Desfontaines).] 

 Honey-Buzzard, Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus). [F. c. R. J.] 



