F ema l e .
Placé.
4Z*
SWALLOWTAILED
F.
D e s c r i p t io n .
Manner*.
two middle feathers plain: legs yellow: claws black, hooked,
and fharpi
The female is brown above,- the feathers edged with chefnut;
moft fo on the head : beneath, inclining to yellow: quills deep
brown, with whitifh tips: tail brown ; the four middle feathers
tranfverfely marked with deeper brown; the others marked with
broad interrupted fafciae; the tip of the-outer one fpotted with
black : all of them have ferruginous tips.
This bird inhabits Raffia y where it is called Ltin.
Falco furcatus, tin. Sjjft.it. p. 129. N° 2$.
Le Milan de la Caroline, Brif.cm.i. p. 418. N J 36.
1 -—j----pi------ - Buf. oif. p, 221.
Falco Peravianus, cauda furcata, Kit in. av. p. 51. N° 14.
Swallow-tailed Hawk, Catef Car. i. t. 4,
-------------------------- Am. Zool. N°
Liv. Muf.
H I S is a mod elegant , fpeeies : in fize it yields to the
European Kite. Length two feet.. The bill is black : cere
obfcure: irides red.: the body above is of a fine-deep purpliilv
brown, inclining to black : the rump and upper tail-coverts
more inclining to green than the other parts: quills and tail
very deep purple,- inclining to green : the head, neck, bread,
belly, and tides, the thighs, and under- tail-coverts, are all pure
white: the tail is very long, being alone thirteen inches, and is
very forked; the two outer feathers exceed the middle ones in
length by eight inches.
This bird inhabits Carolina in the fummer months-; where it
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is called Snake-hawk-, though it lives chiefly on infects, which
it is faid to pick from the tree while flying.
M. de Buffon fays that this bird more properly is a native of
Peru, as it retires there on the lead approach of cold weather.
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Falco mllvus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 126. N® 12.
Le Milan rOyal, Brif orh. i. p, 414. N® 35. t. 33,
*------------------- Buf. oif. i. p. 197. t. 7.—PI, tnl. 422.
Milvus, Raii Syn. p. 17. N° A. 6.
Kite, or Gleadj Will. orn. p; 74. t. 6«
Kite, Br. Zooll N® 53.
Br. Muf LtVi Muf
y H E length of this fpecies is two feet. It has a brownifh
bill: the cere is yellow: and the irides of a draw-colour: the
feathers on the head and neck are long and narrow, of a hoary-
colour, with a dafh of brown down the middle : the body is fer- -
ruginous: the middle of each feather above is dark, and the margins
pale; beneath likewife the feathers have a dreak down the -
fhafts : quills blackilh :. the tail is twelve inches-in length, and
forked; by which the bird is at once didinguidied:from all
others : legs yellow: claws black..
This bird is very common in England, where it continues the-
whole year: it lays two-or three eggs, which are roundifh, and
of a whitifh colour, fpotted with dirty yellow. It is not peculiar
to England. Linnaeus mentions it as a bird of Sweden; and, according
to voyagers, is found as far as Guinea * and Senegal f ;
• KITE,
* Bofman Vo y. de Guinee, p. 278.
t Hift. des Voy. Prevojl, vol. iii. p. 306,
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