. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^. 335. THE KITE. MfLvus ictInus, Savigny. This species—the Anglo-Saxon Cyta (Newton), and also known as the Gled or dead, in allusion to its gliding flight—may, from the colour of its tail and upper plumage, conveniently be called the Red Kite, when the necessity arises for distinguishing it from its con- geners. Within the recollection of persons still living it was tolerably common in many of the wooded districts of England and Wales, but for many years it has not been known to breed in the south- eastern counties; one of the last nes
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^. 335. THE KITE. MfLvus ictInus, Savigny. This species—the Anglo-Saxon Cyta (Newton), and also known as the Gled or dead, in allusion to its gliding flight—may, from the colour of its tail and upper plumage, conveniently be called the Red Kite, when the necessity arises for distinguishing it from its con- geners. Within the recollection of persons still living it was tolerably common in many of the wooded districts of England and Wales, but for many years it has not been known to breed in the south- eastern counties; one of the last nests known in Lincolnshire—a former stronghold—was in 1870 ; and in the few spots still inhabited in the Western Midlands, the Marches, and Wales, this handsome bird will soon be exterminated by the collector of British specimens unless the most stringent measures are taken. In Scotland it survives in a few localities, though there the value of its tail-feathers for salmon-flies adds to the risk which it elsewhere incurs from the gamekeeper; while, exceptionally, stragglers have reached the Orkneys, and perhaps the Shetlands. The Kite is not, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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