KITE. 75 
Hill are even now the breeding-places of the Kite. Mr. 
Waterton has noticed this bird and its habits in York- 
shire; and Mr. Selby states that though rare in Northum- 
berland 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 
Armathwaite, 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. 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 mner 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-feathers greyish white, with the 
