. Falconry, the sport of kings . te-tailed kite, in feeding, fre-quently hovers with rapidly beating wingsover one spot for several minutes, watch-ing the vegetation beneath closely, readyto pounce down whenever prey lives on small snakes, lizards, frogs,and large insects, and seems to be entirelybeneficial. The note of this kite is said to be some-what like that of the osprey, but terminat-ing in a guttural or grating sound. The nest, built of twigs and lined withsoft materials, is placed from 25 to 50 feetfrom the ground. The eggs, varying from three to five,are creamy white, heav
. Falconry, the sport of kings . te-tailed kite, in feeding, fre-quently hovers with rapidly beating wingsover one spot for several minutes, watch-ing the vegetation beneath closely, readyto pounce down whenever prey lives on small snakes, lizards, frogs,and large insects, and seems to be entirelybeneficial. The note of this kite is said to be some-what like that of the osprey, but terminat-ing in a guttural or grating sound. The nest, built of twigs and lined withsoft materials, is placed from 25 to 50 feetfrom the ground. The eggs, varying from three to five,are creamy white, heavily marked withblotches of brown. The young have theplumage tinged with brown and are indis-tinctly streaked above. The white-tailed kite is found in Cali-fornia from the upper Sacramento Valleyand Humboldt County, south to northernBaja California, and from Texas, Okla-homa, and Florida to Guatemala. An allied race ranges in South America,and similar species are found in the otherinhabited continents. EAGLES, HAWKS, AND VULTURES. ) National Geographic Society Approximately oiic-cighth natural size SWALLOW-TAILED KITEPerched and flying adults, aboveWHITE-TAILED KITE MISSISSIPPI KITE On ground at left Perched at right and flying in distance III THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE
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