49° BIRDS. , RAPACIOUS. Eaglea," 



ind. orn. i. 20. n. 36. — Falco cinereo^-ferrugineus. Forik. faun. arab. i. i. et vi. 1. — Arabian 'Kite. 

 Lath, fyn. fup. 34. 



Inhabits Egypt. — Mr Latham thinks this may be a variety of the Kite : The wing quill feathers are 

 black at the tips ; the under fides of the wings are brown grey ; the "bill is yellow, and the claws 

 black. It is about a foot and a half long, and is numerous in Egypt during winter. \ 



62 28. Kite. — 36. F. Aquila Milvus. 12. 



The cere is yellow; the tail is forked at the end.; the body is rufty, and the head fome- 



what whitened. 

 FalcoMilvus. Syft. nat. ed.'Gm.i. 261. n. 12. Faun. fuec. n. 57. Ger. orn. i. 62. t. 39. Borowfk. 



nat. ii. 72. n. 8.— Falco cauda forficata. Klein, av. 51. n. 13. Id. ov. 19. t. 6. f. 1. — Milvus. Gefn. 

 ' av. 610. Aldrov. orn. 392. f. p. 368. Raj. av. 17. t. 25. — Milvus regaiis. Briff. av. i. 414.-1. 33. — > 



Milan. Wirfing. voy. t. 48. — Milan royal. Buff. oif. i. 197. t. 7. PI. enl. 422. — Weiflar Milan. 



Gunth. neft. u. eyer. t. 63. 1 — Glada. Faun, fuec.n. 57.— Mbbio. Cetti, uc.fard. 57. Zinnan. uov. 



82. t. 13. f. 73. — rHunergeyer. Wurmb, in Licht. magaz- derphyf. iv. 2. 6. — Kite, or Glead. Brit. 



7.00L. i. n. .53. ArcL zool. ii. 223. ~h. Will. orn. ang. 74. t. 6. Alb. i. t. 4. Hayes, brit. birds, t. 



5. Lewin, br. birds, i. t. 10. and t. %. f. 3. (ov.) Lath. fyn. i. 61. n. 43. fup. 17. 



63 |3. -Siberian Kite.— 36. |3. F. Aqu. Milvus fibiricus. 



The crown of the head, and the throat, are chefnut coloured. S. G. Gmel. it. i. 147. 



64 y. Ruffian Kite. — 36. y. F. Aqu. Milvus Korfchun. 



The cere is greenilh ; the body is brownifli ; the head, throat, and chin, are chefnut 

 coloured. 



Accipiter Korfchun. S. G. Gmel. nov. com. petrop. xv. 444. t. 1 1. a. — Ruffian Kite. Lath. fyn. 

 i. 63. n. 46. 



C$ <£. Jaic Kite. — 36. J\ F. Aqu. Milvus jaiccnJLs. 



The back coverts are violet coloured, having the tip of each feather marked with a 

 white fpot. Lepech. it. ii. 1 80. t. 2. 



The feveral varieties of the Kite are found in Europe, Afia, and Africa. — They prey almoft on any 

 thing that comes in their way, and are particularly deftruffive to young poultry. When, in their 

 flight, they Ikim gently along, it is confidered as portending tempeftuous weather ; when they foar 

 very high, fine weather is expected ; and when they are clamorous it is thought to foretell rain. They 

 breed twice a year, once in the fummer of Europe, and a fecond time in the mild winter of Egypt 

 and the Levant, laying ufually three roundifh eggs, which are ■whitifli, with dirty yellow fpots. They 

 migrate from Afia to Europe about the end of April, and during fourteen days are feen croffing the 

 Black Sea in immenfe multitudes ; but are found in Britain at all feafons. The Kite is about two 

 feet long, or a little more, and five feet in extent of the wings, weighing about forty-four ounces. — 

 The Ruffian variety, y, which is found moftly about the Don, is only about twenty-one inches long ; 

 its bill is blackifh lead colour, with a greenifh xere ; the circumference of the orbits is white; the tail 



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