. A dictionary of birds . (Aftur Swainson.) fishing Eagle. Less doubtful is the place of Elanus, the type of whichis E. cseruleus, a beautiful little bird, the Black-winged Kite of Englishauthors, that comes to the south of Europe from Africa, and hasseveral congeners—E. axillaris and E. scrijAus of Australia beingmost worthy of notice. An extreme development of this form isfound in the African Nauclerus riocouri, as well as in Elanoides furcatus,the Swallow-tailed Kite, a widely-ranging bird in America, andremarkable for its length of wing and tail, which gives it a marvel-lous power of fligh
. A dictionary of birds . (Aftur Swainson.) fishing Eagle. Less doubtful is the place of Elanus, the type of whichis E. cseruleus, a beautiful little bird, the Black-winged Kite of Englishauthors, that comes to the south of Europe from Africa, and hasseveral congeners—E. axillaris and E. scrijAus of Australia beingmost worthy of notice. An extreme development of this form isfound in the African Nauclerus riocouri, as well as in Elanoides furcatus,the Swallow-tailed Kite, a widely-ranging bird in America, andremarkable for its length of wing and tail, which gives it a marvel-lous power of flight, and serves to explain the unquestionable factof its having twice appeared in Great Britain. To Elanus alsoIdinia, another American form, is allied, though perhaps mere ^ Dr. Sharpe (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. }>. 322) calls it 31. korschun ; but tliefigure of S. G. Gmelins Accipitcr korschun, whence the name is taken, unquestion-ably represents the Moor-Buzzakd, Circus leriiginosus. 492 KITTIWAKE remotely, and it is re
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