. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . **. BLACK-WINGED KITE. Ill From Le Vaillant we read, It rests on the tops oftrees, where the pure white of its stomach glistens inthe sun; but when it flies it is by its piercing crythat its presence is announced. It lives upon largeinsects, such as grasshoppers, mantis, etc; and it chasesthe Crows and Magpies which live upon the samekind of food, with much courage from its domicile. Itexhales an odour of musk very distinctly. It places itsnest large and wide in the bifurcation of trees, liningit with feathers and moss, an
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . **. BLACK-WINGED KITE. Ill From Le Vaillant we read, It rests on the tops oftrees, where the pure white of its stomach glistens inthe sun; but when it flies it is by its piercing crythat its presence is announced. It lives upon largeinsects, such as grasshoppers, mantis, etc; and it chasesthe Crows and Magpies which live upon the samekind of food, with much courage from its domicile. Itexhales an odour of musk very distinctly. It places itsnest large and wide in the bifurcation of trees, liningit with feathers and moss, and laying four or five white The Rev. H. B. Tristram, in his Catalogue of Alge-rian Birds, says of Falco melanopterus:—This beau-tiful bird is extremely rare in Algeria. A femalespecimen was the only one obtained during the egg is interesting as corroborating by its characterthe position of the species between Astur and is believed to be hitherto unknown to British col-lectors. The adult male and female have the vertex, nape,and mantle ashy grey, lig
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