SWALLOW T A IL E D K I T E .
N a u c L e ru s fu r c a tu s , / Vig. )
Gà4p,;-,: •" B ill small >. Hvftdk; considerably hooked, with â small-and nearly obsolete festoon
in thé ftaïddle. Gir iwfa and iride» o f tlte.héftÜ' thinly provided with feather». Witig-s very
long' i th é first aiid seiiond qn ilb felith ers inte'rim*liy emarginate towards ib e tip . T a il v e ry
bngi and deeply forked. Tarsi very sh<S*t„ sM>t longer than fite bund toe and claWi
pin. ¡ned half w a y in ¿pent, the remain sag - ooyeml with sngukted scales. T;.ie&
short ; the two lateral almost equal, the hinder nearly equal l|fji the ti&Jjji 1 Pianos grooved
I beneath. S o t Im I -
S ( l i p L JL O W > T A 1 If E D K JT E.
N a u c le rn s iu re a lu s ..Pjgv/'S.
L» .Milan d« h Caïoline.
i. of this elegant bird having been takOR in t.liih country, the first in Argyksiii'e, the.second in
IforkHhii'ei have considered'that it is entitled-to bt£ included among the Biids -atvd have ac-
CordiBgly given tt a place here. - We afimi agre© with ftir. Vigors and Mr. 8wiasusi«li "■;;?$$ bird requires to
For A correct kmmlalgc of die habits and mauners of mis haodsoxiie bird we ave indebted to the OfififhO"
;k^ists-of!' the United States of America, in diderent cf whit-h a't parti w.’iar seiateiws of the year ft
appears to be very abundant. In the history of this species by WiK«« ami Mr. Au<)uboAK ifialiy »uteresting
details will. hfe round, and as one 'or the other of ihesp works are in the fcaads ¿¡P’ievefy loverofnati»n? at\d,
ornithology; we shall avail-ourselves of the less perfectly known History of f%Y;)fii»rds of the United' States ant*
Canada h/Mr. Natfall; who says,This beautiful Kite-breeds' and passes the summer in the warmer (»arts of
> probabf}* resident in all tropicalarici {emjierdte America, migrating into the
I i| the former; ace erdirig to Vieillot, it is found in Peru; and as far
?• rare ip meet with this species as far as the latitude of 40 degrees
of the Mississippi, individuals ■
in Y k 44tlt IMpjiif of north latitude."
| |M | |l § i | >i# April k'»f ¡d 'a»4 \we tew H iM raw
: s’isiibfei'^r locust«
iCitrfeii
■ tiiia
they aw uasi to Jfcirdi «¡4* fram dusk vt. -»■» ■ while Hying ‘ -ss <»4kw times afeto ■
the-United St.TicK, an
. SC |î;f e
I i i |
'. 1« the AtlaifUe
have been scçn along
, y They appear m t
in the Missi.- sip pi tori
and other Im-ü-c iivsir
h of locusts and wasps, and, like <ho Honey .Bu-Murti, •rlfrrotsrlng the insects
§ § | tiaa*(U are their. common food ia ail parts of Awwrk’.».. in .the month ojf (‘Mober
i tit« simth, at whiqh season Mr, BartrtMB «bwmeit ike«* i« great o th e r s assembled
xtkfily as great-'elevations for seven*! tkys in socu-uo^imi, and slowly passkg towards
ih>.us-. the Gaff of Mexico."
s e iz n ig i. ;.G :i t*
tlmir larves. |
they 8 1
in lilorid«, .MH
their tviiiter m
The f%kt of this bini is described »is hs
ngariydie whole o f tj*e 4^}r> roosting a t night in high,
blranche« o f tbfe tallest, oak or pine, and i^ formed of stick!
.leathers, f il e eggs arefi-ihn foijr t.o *ìVk .k ¡unenher. o f
brown a t the large end. The. .ymgki lijwdii- ^ as Svst -ww
ing smooth and graceful the aodl it
In the adult bi rd.tbé be.d; is èihd&h "¡Shv.' eeiir c-f
Tbe nest is usually placed among the top
, intermixed with moss ami grass, lined with a few
H.|cnish white, with a few; »rn?g«!&r hhrtcbi*« o f dark
yed with'white down.
the irides :d«w%,, the Whok <; rV,.
head, heck; breast:, and under s«v#
white ; , the back, wing&j; piiiaiariestj i
metallic lustre, the tertials black on t
deeply forked; legs and toes greenish
We bore figured the bird of tki nat
ifila-. 'WÎKgs, ahârii o f tk t’'bdijy, tjin^É| àg^i'hi^Hler tst
KKfsa»;, uu!“Coycri.s and taihfeuthem hlftek,
?»•?’ 'H-flbs,, but patched with pure white on ilie if
vdowt làded orange brown'.