FALCON. 



17 



Kite, Gen. Sjn. i. p. 61. N" ^^.—ArB. Zool. ii. N° 223. H. 

 F. milvus, Brun. N° 3. — Mailer, N» 61. — Georgi Reife, p. 164. 



'T'HIS birdj fo well known in England^ is pretty common on 

 the continent of Europe, but does not frequent the colder 

 parts, except in'the hotter months, being migratory : it is found 

 with us at all feafons, but obferved to be more in number in win- 

 ter in xhtfouthern counties : preys on chickens and other poultry 

 while young, failing over the barn-yards for the purpofe of dart- 

 ing upon the firft unwary ftraggler: will fometimes csitfiJJj, as it 

 has been found feeding on the remains of one at the fide of a 

 pond, having perhaps beaten off the firft poflefTor ; for we would 

 not fufpedl its taking the water itfelf, a circumftancein which the 

 O/prey perhaps ftands unrivalled. The egg of the Kite is of a 

 blueifh white, inclining to red at one end, blending itfelf with the 

 white by fmall markings *. 



43- 

 -(- KITE. 



Geinll Falcon, Gen.Syn. i. p. 64. N° 48. — JrH. Zool. ii. N" 98. 

 Faico Gentilis, Srun. N° S.^^Muller, N° 62. 



'X'HIS fpecies inhabits the north of Scotland, and builds in 

 rocks near Invercauld, and in Glen-more -f ; is met with in the 

 north of Europe, as far as Fininark"^; but we do not hear of it 

 farther fouth than AJirachan || : was formerly ufed in England in 

 falconry, as it is now on the continent. Is alfo found in America, 

 but is there larger than in Europe: one ftiot in the province of 

 Uew Tork meafured two feet two inches. 



4S. 

 GENTIL F. 



• Portland Mufeum. 

 t Ara. Zool. 

 SUPPL. 



f Flor. Scot. i. p. 17. 

 II Dec. Ruff, ii. p. 142. 



Peregrine 



