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THE KITE. 
Milvus regalis. — Brisson. 
PLATE XX. 
I'alro milvus, Linn Milvus regalis, Briss Milvus 
ietinus, Soviyny Milvus vulgaris, F/em. — Le milan 
royal. Buffi Temm . — Kite of British ornithologists . — 
provincially, dead, forktailed, fisktailed glead. 
This very graceful bird is distributed locally 
from one end of our island to the other. In the 
New Forest, and many of the woodland districts 
of England, it is plentiful, particularly in the 
eastern counties ; in Yorkshire we have also 
frequently seen it, but north of this it becomes 
more rare, except in the country of the lakes, 
where some pairs breed. In the south of Scot- 
land it is nearly unknown, but in many parts 
north of the Forth it is extremely common, and 
no where more so than in the Western Highlands. 
It is every where a fine accessary to the land- 
scape, “ one of the most harmonious appendages 
of the forest.” We have often admired its grace- 
ful flight and sailing gyrations, heightening the 
effect of some dark and craggy forest scene, and 
