HOF! BIRDS. ee ae 
eet 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. But if the Falcon fhould mifs his flroke, — 
then the Heron ftrikes his bill through the Falcon, 
and kills him. ‘There are feveral other Falcons 
“ufed for killing games and d they have all long 
wings. 
Befides the long- winged ot es thee are 
others, which have fhorter wings, and they are 
. called Hawks and Kites. 
The Kite has a forked tail, like a Swallow. In 
this it differs from all other birds of the Falcaa 
kind, and its wings are longer than the Hawk’s ; 
he is almoft always fufpended in the air, and his 
flight is fo “eal, that he feems to fwim, or lide, 
ann 
rather than to ly. He ufes his tail to direct his 
-courfe. Kites are very apt to defttoy little chickens, . 
__ At Conftantinople, which is the capital of Tur- 
S key i in Europe, they are very fond of Kites, for they 
are of the fame ufe there, as the Vultures near 
they fly towards thofe who whittle to call them. 
Bufbequius fays, that he ordered the infide of a 
sheep to be cut into {mall pieces; he whiftled 
to the Kites, and many few about him; and 
ice : 
a Grand Cairo, i in Egypt; and theyarefotame, that 
