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and breaPc are of a tawny red hue, but the middles 
of the feathers are black. The fpots are lefs 
numerous on the belly and thighs, and under the 
tail they almoft difappear. The back is brown; 
the firft five quill-feathers are black; and on the 
inner webs of the remainder there are large blotches 
of white. The coverts of the wings are varied 
with tawny black and white; and the tail is of a 
tawny red hue, the outer feathers on each fide be- 
in<y darker than the reft. The thip-hs are covered 
with very long feathers ; and the legs are yellow 
and ftrong. However, thefe birds differ in their 
colours, fome having been obferved entirely of a 
tawny hue. 
The Kite is laid to be of efTential fervice in me- 
dicine. It's afiies, taken inwardly, are efteemed 
effectual in the gout and epilepfy: the fame is faid 
of the head and liver, when burnt; and the latter is 
alfo an ingredient in ophthalmic medicines. The 
blood, mixed with nettles, and applied, is faid to 
give relief in the gout; the gall enters the compo- 
lition of collyria for the eyes ; and the fat is ufed 
in anointing podagrical patients. 
Kite, Brazilian. This fpecies, which is alfo 
called Caracara, and by the Portuguefe Gavion, is 
about the fize of the common Kite : it's tail is nine 
inches long; it's head refembles that of the hawk; 
it's bill is black and hooked; it's plumage is 
tawny, with white and yellow fpecks; and it's feet 
are yellov/, with femicircular, long, fharp, black 
taions. 
KITTIWAKE; the Larus Riffa of Linnseus. 
A bird of the gull kind, which inhabits the roman- 
tic cliffs of Flamborough Head, the Bafs Lie, 
Prieftholm Ifle, the rocks near Slains in Aberdeen- 
fnire, and Northfield in the county of Bamff. The 
head, neck, belly, and tail, are of a fnowy white- 
nefs; behind each ear a dufi<:y fpot fometimes ap- 
pears; the back and wings are grey ; the bill is yel- 
low tinged with green; and the legs, which are 
tluflcv, are fiirnifhed with a fmall knob inftead of 
the hind toe. 
KLIP-FISH. A name fuppofed by fome au- 
thors to mean the lupus pifcis, or v^'olf-fifh; and, 
by others, the com.mon cod-filh. Fabricius is of 
the former opinion, and Schonefeldt of the latter. 
Klip-FiSH is alfo a name by which the Dutch 
in the Eaft Indies call a fiat nfh frequently caught 
on the fliores, fomewhat refembling the bream. It 
is generally about fix or feven inches in length, 
and of a very white and filvery hue : the nerves of 
the dorfal fin are prickly, as in the perch ; the tail 
is pointed; and the irides are of a beautiful yellov/ 
colour. Th.e fleili is extremely admired for it's 
delicacy and flavour. 
KNOT; the Tringa Canutus of Linnasus. An 
F.nglifh bird of the fnipe kind, faid to have ob- 
tained it's name from Canute, one of the Danifh 
kings of this ifiand, who is reported to have been 
extremely fond of it's flefli. 
This bird is feldom more than four ounces and a 
half in weight; the head and back are of a greyifh 
brov/n colour; the rum.p is variegated with black 
and grey; the breaft and belly are white; and the 
fides are brownifn. In fome varieties, a white 
ftreak runs on each fide of the head from the angle 
of the beak to the eyes. The long feathers of the 
wings are black and white ; the tail, which is about 
two inches long, is tipped with white; the beak is 
black, and nearly an inch longj the eyes are large; 
and the legs are green. 
Thefe birds are taken in great numbers, on the 
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coafts of Lincolnfliire, mth a particular kind of 
net, which will fometimes enclofe fourteen dozen at 
once. Their feafon is from ^he beginning of Au- 
guft to that of November. They always difappear 
at the commencement of the firft frofty weather. 
KOB. An appellation given by Buffon to his 
fixth variety of the garelle tribe. 
KOBA. A name given by Buffon to his fifth 
variety of the garelle tribe. 
KOHLMULEN. An appellation given by 
fome naturalifts to the afellus flavefcens, or yellow 
cod ; called alfo the blank and gelbe. 
KOKOB. A Weft Indian fpecies of ferpent, 
the bite of which is extremely fatal. It is of a 
brown colour, Variegated with green and red fpots i 
and is fomewhat lefs than the common viper. 
KOMMANICK. A German appellation for 
the large-crefted lark, common in many parts of 
that country, but wholly unknown in the Britifh 
ifies. It is about the fize of the common lark, but 
it's beak is much thicker and longer: the back has 
more grey, and fewer fpots, than the common lark; 
the rump is almoft of one uniform grey colour; 
and the creft" is compofed of ten or twelve dark- 
coloured plumes, which the bird can raife, deprefs, 
or expand, at pleafure. This fongfter feldom 
foars very high in the air; and generally frequents 
the banks of rivers. 
KORACHERYNCHUS INDICUS, An 
oriental fifli, called by the Dutch Raevenbeck. It 
receives it's name from the fimilarity of it's fnout to 
the beak of the crow. It feldom exceeds feven in- 
ches in length: it's back and tail are red; it's belly 
is yellow; and it has alfo on each fide two pale yel- 
low lines, which run from the gills to the tail. The 
flefh is wholefome and well-tafted. 
KORETTE, SEA. An Eaft Indian fifh, 
about fix or feven inches in length, with large yel- 
lov/ eyes, and a bifid yellowifli tail. The fins are 
yellow; the belly inclines to green; and under ic 
and the tail there are feveral fins. The flefii is 
efteemed delicate and nutritive. 
KRAKEN. A marine animal of the moffc 
enormous dimenfions; the credit of whofe exiftence 
depends on the evidence of Pontoppidon, biftiop 
of Bergen, in his Natural Hiftory of Norway: and 
though it would be ungenerous to deny it's reality^ 
the relation certainly ftands in need of farther con- 
firmation. 
As no perfon has ever pretended to have feen a 
full-grown Kraken in all it's dimenfions, a parti- 
cular account of it's conformation cannot be ex- 
pefted: neverthelefs, we fhall adduce the argu- 
ments of our author, on which he grounds his own 
belief of the exiftence of this monftrous produ6lion 
of nature; and leave every one to judge for himfelf 
of their probability and authenticity. 
Our fifhermen,' fays Pontoppidon, unani- 
moufiy and invariably affirm, that when they are 
feveral miles from the land, particularly in hot 
fummer weather, and by their diftance, and the 
bearings of fome points of land, expect from eighty 
to an hundred fathoms in depth, and do not find 
more than twenty or thirty; and more elpecially, 
if they difcover an nnufual quantity of cod and 
ling, they judge that the Kraken is at the bottom: 
but if they find by their lines that the water in the 
fame place ftill fliallows on them, they know that 
it is rifing to the furface, and row off" with the 
greateft expedition till they come into the ulual 
foundings of the place; there lying a few minutes 
on their oars, they fee the monfier emerge, and dif- 
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