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AUSTRIAN KITE. 



Falco Austriacus. F. ccra pedibusque scmilanatis Jiavis, capite 

 corporeque supra castaneo, pennarum scapis nigris, rectricibus 

 fuscis fasciis nigris, apicibus albis. Lath. ind. urn. 



Kite with cere and semiplumed legs yellow, head and body- 

 above chesnut, with the shafts of the quills black, and brown 

 tail with black bars and white tip. 



Austrian Kite. Lath. syn. 



Size equal to that of the Common Kite : colour 

 chesnut, the shafts of the wings being black; the 

 belly brown-chesnut spotted with dark brown: 

 tail even, crossed with several black bars, and 

 tipped with white : legs and bill as in the Common 

 Kite : fore- head and throat whitish with brown 

 spots. Native of Austria, living principally in 

 woods. ^^/:^/^-^ 



CARACARA KITE. 



~f~ Falco Brasiliensis. F. pedibus flat/is, corpore riifo albo Jlavoque 

 punctato, rectricibus fusco albvque variegatis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Kite with yellow legs, rufous body, with white yellow and 

 rufous spots, and tail varied with brown and white. 



Brasilian Kite called Caracara. Will. orn. p. JQ. 



Mentioned by Willughby from Marcgrave's 

 Brasil, who hqwever does not call it a Kite, but 

 rather a Sparrow-Hawk (Nisus). Its size is that of 

 a Kite, and it preys on poultry. Native of BrasiL 



