SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. TU 
RAPTORES., FALCONID. 
THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. 
Nauclerus furcatus. 
Elanus  furcatus, Swallow-tailed Kite, Fuiem. Brit. An. p. 52. 
+ > - Elanus, SeuBy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 77. 
Milvus 3 . Kite, JEnyns, Brit. Vert. p. 86. 
Nauclerus, 5 “ i GouLp, Birds of Europe, pt xxii. 
NaucLerus. Generic Characters —“ Bill small, weak, considerably hooked, 
with a small and nearly obsolete festoon in the middle. Orbits and sides of 
the head thiniy provided with feathers. Wings very long ; the first and second 
quill internally emarginate towards the tip. ‘Tail very long and deeply forked. 
Tarsi very short, not longer than the hind toe and claw ; plumed half way in 
front, the remaining portion covered with angulated scales. Toes short ; the two 
lateral almost equal, the hinder nearly equal to the inner. Claws grooved 
beneath.” 
Two Specimens of this elegant bird having been taken 
in this country, it is entitled to a place in this work ; and 
I have followed Mr. Vigors,* Mr. Swainson,f and Mr. 
* Zoological Journal, vol. ii. p. 386. 
+ Natural History and Classification of Birds, vol. ii. p. 210. 
