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get uppermoft, he ftrikes his talons at the wing 
of the Heron, fo that the poor Heron, being dif- 
abled from flying, may fall to the ground and be 
caught. Sut if the Falcon fhould mifs his ftroke, 
then the Heron ftrikes his bill through the Falcon, 
and kills him. - There are feveral other Falcons 
ufed for killing game, and they have all long. - 
wings. | 
Befides the long-winged Falcons, there are 
ethers, which have fhorter wings, and they are 
called Hawks and Kites. 
_ The Kite has a forked tail, like a B ihallage: In 
this it differs from all other birds of the Falcon 
kind, and its wings are longer than the Hawk’s; | 
he is almoft always fufpended in the air, and his 
Aight is fo eafy, that he feems to fwim, or glide, 
rather than to fly. He ufes his tail to direct his 
-courfe. Kites are very apt to defttoy little chickens, 
At Conftantinople, which is the capital of Tur- 
key in Europe, they are very fond of Kites, for they _ 
are of the fame ufe there, as the Vultures near 
Grand Cairo, in Egypt ; and they are fo tame, that 
they fly towards thofe who whiftle to call them. 
Bufbéquius fays, that he ordered the infide of a 
Sheep to be cut into {mall pieces; he whittled 
fo the Kites, and many flew about him; and 
when 
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