BIRDS OF PEEY. 



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Fig. HO.— The Swallow-taUed Kite. 



carries it off to devour it in the air, as represented in the 



figure. 



225. As the Hawks may- 

 be regarded as an inferior 

 kind of Falcon, so the Buz- 

 zards may be considered as 

 having a similar relation to 

 the Eagles. In their ijight 

 they hav)8, neither the soar 

 and swoop of theFalcons and 

 Eagles, the arrow-like dash 

 of the Hawks, nor the wind- 

 ing sweep of the Kites ; but 

 they sail along easily and rap- 

 idly in quest of their prey, 

 which is much like that of 

 the Kites and Hawks. The 

 Fig. m.— The common Buzzard, common Buzzard, Fig. Ill, 



