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AUSTRIAN KITE. 



Falco Austriacus. F. cera pedibusque semilanatis fiwois^ capitc 

 corporeque supra castaneo, penmrum scapis nigrisy rectricihus 

 fuscis Jasciis nigris, apicibus albis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Kite with cere and semiplumed legs yellow, head and body 

 above chesnut, with the shafts of the quills black, and brown 

 tail with black bars and white tip. 

 . Austrian Kite. Lath, syn. 



Size equal to that of the Common Kite :' colour 

 jchesnut, the shafts of the wings being black; the 

 belly brown-chesnut spotted with dark brown: 

 tail even, crossed with several black bars, and 

 tipped with white : legs and bill as in the Common 

 Kite : fore-head and throat whitish with brown 

 spots. Native of Austria, living principally in 

 woods. 



CARACAHA KITE. 



falco Brasiliensis. F. pedibus fiavis, corpore rvfo albo flavoqv^ 

 punctata f rectricibus fusco alboque mriegatis. La^th. ind. orn. 



Kite with yellow legs, rufous body, with white yellow and 

 rufous spots, and tail varied with brown and white. 



Brasilian Kite called Caracara, Will. orn. p. ^6. 



Mentioned by Willughby from Marcgrave's 

 Brasil, who however does not call it a Kite, but 

 rather a Sparrow-Hawk (Nisus). Its size is that of 

 fi Kite, and it preys on poultry. Native of Brasil. 



