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Rapaces — Diurnse. 

 FALCONID^. 



Genus Falco. (Linnceus.) 

 Sub-genus Milvus. (Gutter.) 



Sub-generic Characters. — Nostrils oblique, a fold on their 

 outer edge. Tarsi short, feathered a little below the knee. 

 Wings long, first quill feather much shorter than the sixth, 

 the second a little shorter than the fifth, the third of nearly- 

 equal length with the fourth, which is the longest of all. — 

 Temminck. 



BLACK KITE. 



Falco ater. 



Falco ater, Linnaeus. Gmelin. Latham. 



" " Temminck. 



" fusco-ater, Meyer. 



Milvus niger, Brisson. Bonaparte. 



" " Keyserling and Blasius. 



Le Milan Noir, Of the Feench. 



Schwarzer Milan, Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — Beak black; only the upper third part of 

 the tarsi feathered. Internal toe shorter than the external, the 

 latter passing a little beyond the middle of the median. Tail 

 slightly forked. Length twenty -two inches. — Degland. 



Measurement. — Length of adult male in Norwich Museum 

 twenty inches. Length from carpal joint to tip of wing seventeen 

 inches. 



