THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. 



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he examined last year on the sea-cliffs of this island, and which he carefully described to me, were 

 principally made of that material, as Mr. Hewitsoii also had found them in the Shetland Islands. On 

 one of these two occasions, the old Eagle made a dash near my informant, with a ' fearful scream,' and 

 such was the tremendous character of the rocks, that his ' hair gets strong ' when he thinks of them. 

 These two nests, both occupied, were not more than a mile and a half apart." 



WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. 



THE SWALLOW- TAILED KITE (Elanoides furcatus). 



The forked tail which is characteristic of the Kites reaches in the present species its greatest 

 development, so that the name of Swallow-tailed Kite is by no means inappropriate. On five occasions 

 the bird has been captured in England, and it is doubtless during its migration that the bird is 

 driven to Britain by some adverse wind. Its i-ange is extensive, as it is numerous during the 

 summer in some of the southern States of North America, and it migrates to South America, whence 

 it frequently appears in collections from Brazil and Columbia. Mr. Audubon gives the following 

 account of the Swallow-tailed Kite : " The flight of this elegant species of Hawk is singularly 

 beautiful and protracted. It moves through the air with such ease and grace, that it is impossible for 



