﻿BIEDS. 
  

  

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  Genus 
  ACCIPITER, 
  Brisson. 
  

  

  Accipiter 
  nisus, 
  Linn. 
  Sparrow-Hawk. 
  

  

  Abundant 
  and 
  resident, 
  and, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  

   Kestrel, 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  raptores 
  we 
  

   possess. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MILVUS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Milvus 
  ictinus, 
  Savigny. 
  Kite. 
  " 
  Glead." 
  " 
  Glen 
  Tanner 
  

   Glead." 
  "Red 
  Glead." 
  " 
  Salmon 
  - 
  tailed 
  Glead." 
  

   " 
  Fork-tailed 
  Glead." 
  

  

  Referring 
  to 
  the 
  association's 
  list 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  

   ravenous 
  beasts 
  and 
  birds 
  (0. 
  S. 
  A., 
  vol. 
  xiv., 
  pp. 
  348-9), 
  we 
  

   find 
  it 
  recorded 
  that 
  two 
  thousand 
  five 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty 
  

   small 
  Hawks 
  and 
  Kites 
  were 
  killed. 
  

  

  " 
  Not 
  very 
  uncommon 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  tracts. 
  It 
  nestles 
  

   there 
  in 
  trees. 
  Extremely 
  rare 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Glen 
  Muick." 
  

   (MacGillivray). 
  " 
  One 
  has 
  been 
  killed 
  at 
  Aberdour 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Duncan, 
  the 
  Brucklay 
  Castle 
  keeper." 
  (Horn.) 
  "Very 
  rare; 
  

   I 
  am 
  not 
  sure 
  of 
  having 
  seen 
  it 
  more 
  than 
  once." 
  (Mr. 
  J. 
  

   Wilson's 
  MS. 
  Journal.) 
  

  

  Within 
  the 
  past 
  thirty-five 
  years 
  the 
  Kite 
  has 
  become 
  

   extremely 
  scarce 
  within 
  " 
  Dee," 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  very 
  doubtful 
  if 
  

   a 
  single 
  pair 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  breeding 
  within 
  the 
  district. 
  In 
  

   1865, 
  six 
  were 
  seen 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Gill 
  nailed 
  to 
  a 
  door 
  at 
  

   Monaltrie, 
  Ballater; 
  and 
  in 
  1867, 
  I 
  saw 
  five 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Brown, 
  

   Micras, 
  near 
  Crathie, 
  all 
  locally 
  - 
  killed 
  specimens. 
  In 
  the 
  

   Aberdeen 
  Free 
  Press 
  of 
  December 
  13th, 
  1872, 
  it 
  is 
  reported 
  

   that 
  a 
  Kite 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Balmoral 
  in 
  July, 
  1871. 
  About 
  

   Braemar 
  this 
  bird 
  has 
  been 
  occasionally 
  observed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Thomson, 
  keeper, 
  Dachlash, 
  up 
  to 
  1890. 
  

  

  The 
  tail 
  feathers 
  of 
  the 
  Kite 
  were 
  much 
  in 
  repute 
  for 
  the 
  

   dressing 
  of 
  artificial 
  flies 
  ; 
  indeed 
  few 
  flies 
  were 
  considered 
  

   equal 
  to 
  that 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Glen 
  Tanner 
  Glead 
  " 
  

   by 
  Dee 
  anglers, 
  and 
  to 
  this 
  fact, 
  we 
  presume, 
  the 
  extinction 
  of 
  

   the 
  bird 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  measure 
  due 
  ; 
  for 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  verge 
  

   of 
  extinction, 
  if 
  not 
  actually 
  so, 
  is 
  beyond 
  question. 
  

  

  