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and wing quill feathers are black with dulky tips. — The Jaic variety, 5", which inhabits towards the 

 Jaic and Ural, is hardly twenty inches long, of which the tail is twelve inches; its feathers are moftly 

 tipt with white ; its wing quills are marked with alternate ftreaks and fpots of white and cherry -red 

 from the bafe to the middle, and of greenilh or bluifh black from the middle to the end j the tail 

 quills have each two narrow yellow and white ftreaks at the tips;, the hides are yellow; the thighs 

 are covered thickly with feathers ; the claws are black. 



66 2 g. Black Kite. — 37. F. Aquila atra. 62. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the tail is forked} the upper part of the body is brown- 

 ilh black; the head 2nd under parts whitiih. 



Falco ater. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 262. n. 62. Lath. ind. orn. i. 21. n. 38. — Milvus niger. BrhT. 

 orn. 117. n. 34. — Milan noir. Buff", oif. 1.-203. PI. enl. 472. — Schwarzer Milan. Gunth. neft. u. 

 eyer. t. 55. — Brauner maid geyer. Kramer, elench. 326. n. 5. — Black Gled. Sibb. Scor. ill. ii. 

 lib. 3. p. 15. — Black Kite. Lath. fyn. i. 62. n. 44. 



Inhabits Europe. — Is fmaller than the Kite;. the tail is but flightly forked; the thighs and legs are" 

 {lender ; the claws are black.- 



67 30. Auftrian Kite. — 38 F. Aqu'ila aujlr'iaca. 6$. 



The cere, and half downy legs, are yellow ; the tail is forked ; the upper part of the 

 body is chefnut, and the lower parts brick dufl colour, fpotted with brown. 



Falco auftriacus. Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 262. n, 63, Lath. ind. orn. i. 21. n. 39. — Brauner geyer. 

 Kramer, elench. 327. n. 6. — Auftrian Kite. Lath. fyn. i. 62. n. 45. 



Inhabits the forefts of Auftria. — Is about the fame fize with the Kite :■ The bill is yellow, with a 

 black fpot; the angles of the mouth are yellow, and the palate is blue; the hides and claws are black; 

 the forehead and chin are whitifh, with brown fpots ; the head, breaft, and wings, are chefnut co-' 

 loured; the tail is fmall, and but flightly forked; its quill feathers are ftriped with blackifh, andare 

 white at the tips. 



68 31. Bfafilian Kite; — 39. F. Aqu'ila brafilienfis. 64. 



The legs are yellow; the body is^eddiuh, interfperfed with white and yellow dots; the: 

 tail is variegated with brown and white. 



Falco brafilienfis. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 262. n. 64. Lath. ind. om. i. 2u n. 40. — Milvus bra- 

 filienfis. Raj. av. 1 7. n. 6. — Circus brafilienfis. Briff. orn. 116. n. 31. — Caracara. Buff. oif. i. 222.— 

 Brafilian Kite. Lath. fyn. L63.T1'. 47. 



Inhabits Brafil. — Is about the fize of the Kite : The breaft and belly are fometimes whitifh ; the 

 tail is about nine inches long ; the bill, and long fharp claws*, are blackifh ; the eyes and hides are 

 yellow.. This fpecies is very deftrudtive to poultry. 



69 32. Peruvian Kite. — 40. F. Aquila peruviana. 25. 



The cere is duiky; the legs are yellowihh; the body is brown above and whitiih belowj. 

 the tail is very long and much forked, 



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