Class If. KITE. 229 



Falco Milvus. F. cera flava, Rail Syn. av. 17. 14. Kite. 



cauda forficata, corpore ferru- Rother Milon. Kram. 326. 



gineo, capite albidiore. Lath. Falco Milvus. Gm. Lin. 26 1. 



Ind. orn. 20. id. Syn. i.6l. id. Glada. Faun. Suec. sp. 57- 



Sup. i. 17. Le Milan royal. Brisson av. 



Le Milan royal. Belon av. 12Q. i. 414. Tab. 33. Hist. 



Milvus. Gesn. ap.60Q. d'Ois. 1. I97.P/. £ra/.422. 



Glede, Puttok, Kyte Turneri. Nibbio. Zinan. 82. 



Milvio, Nichio. Aid. av. i. 201. The Kite. Br. Zool 66. Tab. 



Kite, or Glead. Wil. orn. 74. A. 2. ^4rc£. Zool i. 258. 



Milvus. Plinii lib. x. c. 10. Glente. Brunnich 3- 



J. HE kite generally breeds in large forests, or 

 wooded mountanous countries : its nest is made 

 externally with sticks, lined with several odd 

 materials, such as rags, bits of flannel, rope, 

 and paper. It lays two, or at most three eggs, 

 which, like those of other birds of prey, are much 

 rounded, and blunt at the smaller end ; they are 

 white, spotted with a dirty yellow. Its motion 

 in the air distinguishes it from all other birds, 

 being so smooth and even, as to be scarcely 

 perceptible ; sometimes it will remain quite 

 motionless for a considerable time; at others 

 glides through the sky, without the least appa- 

 rent action of its wings : from thence is derived 

 the old name of Glead, or Glede, from the 



other was killed in Flintshire, which differed in some few re- 

 spects, chiefly in being of a much darker color. Its length was 

 two feet four inches, its extent near six feet. Ed. 



