82 FALCONID^. 



Waterton has noticed this bird and its habits in Yorkshire ; 

 and Mr. Selby states that, though rare in Northumberland 

 and Durham, it is more frequent in Westmoreland and 

 Cumberland. Dr. Heysham, in reference to the last-named 

 county, says that the Kite breeds in the woods near Arma- 

 thwaite, and also in those near Ullswater. 



The Kite is not uncommon in Denmark, Sweden, and 

 Norway, from spring till autumn ; but during the winter 

 very few remain there. It inhabits Russia, Siberia, and 

 the country about Lake Baikal. In the southern part of 

 Europe, though rare in Holland, it inhabits the forests of 

 Germany, France, and Italy. It has been observed at 

 Corfu, Sicily, Crete, Malta, Algeria, and Egypt. 



The specimen from which the figure and the following 

 description were taken measured twenty-six inches in 

 length. Wing, from the anterior bend to the end of the 

 longest quill feather, nineteen inches ; the longest tail 

 feather fifteen inches. The beak is horn colour, cere and 

 irides yellow ; the feathers of the head and neck greyish 

 white, streaked along the shaft with ash brown ; the 

 feathers of the back and wing-coverts dark brown in the 

 centre, broadly edged with rufous ; the inner web of some 

 of the tertials edged with white : the primaries nearly 

 black : upper tail-coverts rufous ; tail-feathers reddish 

 brown, the outer webs of one uniform colour, the inner 

 webs barred with dark brown ; the outer tail-feather on 

 each side the darkest in colour ; the tail deeply forked : 

 the chin and throat, like the top of the head, greyish 

 white, streaked with dusky ; the breast, belly, and thighs, 

 rufous brown, each feather with a central longitudinal 

 streak of dark brown: the under surface of the wings, 

 near the body, rufous, with dark brown feathers edged 

 with red brown towards the outer part of the wing ; under 

 tail -coverts plain rufous white : under surface of the tail- 



