. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . ^ its firmly set teeth. In the. Plate XIX. - BALD EAGLEHead, neck, and tail ^vlnte ; rest of pluma-e dark brown,Length, male, about 32| inches ; female, 35+ inches. SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 283 greater part of the country the Eagle is harmlessand should be protected ; but in places where itcannot get its natural food, and so carries offsheep and other domestic animals, it should notbe allowed to become too abundant. Swallow-tailed Kite : Elamides forficatus. (Plate XX. p. 284.) Geographic Distribution. — United States, north to NorthCarolina
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . ^ its firmly set teeth. In the. Plate XIX. - BALD EAGLEHead, neck, and tail ^vlnte ; rest of pluma-e dark brown,Length, male, about 32| inches ; female, 35+ inches. SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 283 greater part of the country the Eagle is harmlessand should be protected ; but in places where itcannot get its natural food, and so carries offsheep and other domestic animals, it should notbe allowed to become too abundant. Swallow-tailed Kite : Elamides forficatus. (Plate XX. p. 284.) Geographic Distribution. — United States, north to NorthCarolina and Minnesota, and casually to Massachusetts, Mani-toba, and Assiniboia, southward throughout Central andSouth America, breeding locally throughout its range. As its name suggests, the Swallow-tailed Kitehas a forked tail like that of the Barn Barn Swallow, the Nighthawk, and theLong-tailed Pigeons rank with it in contrast tothe Short-tailed Sparrows, Wrens, and Swifts;and as the Kite has long, slender wings, it is ena-bled to live almost exclusively in air. Just whatpa
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