ARABIAN KITE. 107 
is quoted, it builds among the most clevated trees 
and rocks. 
Its eggs are said by Le Vaillant to be four; white 
ground with red spots; and by Ardouin three or four; 
yellowish white, entirely covered with confluent brown 
spots, leaving the ground-work hardly visible. 
An adult male in the Norwich Museum has the 
head, back, and under parts, of a dark cinnamon 
brown, lighter on the thighs; primaries and _ tail 
feathers above dark brown; tail below with nine or 
ten dark bands; under tail coverts cinnamon. 
The female does not differ from the male. When 
recent the beak is yellowish with the tip black; cere 
bluish; feet yellow. In the young the plumage is 
brown and the tail almost square. Adult specimens 
do not differ much in plumage. 
The figure of this bird is from a drawing by Mr. 
Reeve, of the Norwich Museum. It is taken from a 
living specimen, in the possession of Mr. Gurney. 
