. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. IIONKV liUZZAna-T'criif* .,«. The whole of the k-s are mot U^d with white and , and the tail baired with hgh and deep brown alternately. The claw, and beak arc black, and the space between the beak and the eyes is tliickly covered with little round feathers The laSl' " '' *^^^^^ty-t^vo or twenty-four inches, the female being always the The Kite mav be known, even on the win,i:;, from all other Britisli birds of prey bv its beau itiilly easy Ihght, and the long for
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. IIONKV liUZZAna-T'criif* .,«. The whole of the k-s are mot U^d with white and , and the tail baired with hgh and deep brown alternately. The claw, and beak arc black, and the space between the beak and the eyes is tliickly covered with little round feathers The laSl' " '' *^^^^^ty-t^vo or twenty-four inches, the female being always the The Kite mav be known, even on the win,i:;, from all other Britisli birds of prey bv its beau itiilly easy Ihght, and the long forked tail. Indeed, while flying, the Kite bears no small resemblance to a very large swallow, excepting that the flight is more -rlidincr f,,..] the wings are seldom Happed. ° °' Despite the HI savour into which the name of the Kite has fallen, it is reallv a inagmhcent specimen of the folconid;e, and deserves its specific title of "ivrralis" or re"rral quite as much for its own merits as from the fact that it had once the very great honour to bo chased l^y royalty It seems that the later kings of France were in the habit of marking tlie Kite as the quarry which was specially suitable to their re^al state and ^vel•e accustomed to fly their hawks at Kites, instead of lierons, as was usually the mode of procedure in the noble sport of falconry. The Kite is therefore termed re-al not on liirsue it '''"^ "'"''^° ''"^''^^^ "' ^^"^ ^"''^' ^''^ '""^'^^ ^''''''''''' ™^'''^ porsonagel chose to The Kite in former days one of the commonest of the British birds, swarmin^^ in every forest, building its nest near every village, and being the greatest pest of the fanner and poultry-keeper, on account of its voracity, craft, and swiftness. Even the metropolis was filled with these birds, who acted the same part that is played by vultures in more eastern lands, and were accustomed to haunt the streets for the purpose of eat
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