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though perhaps it may a little differ from climate. ■ I do not
find it to be in any part of the 'American continent.
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44-
BLACK KITE.
D escription.
D ifference.
Le Milan noir, Brtf. or». i. p. 413. N° 3^.
•— *----------- Su/. oif. i. p. 203.—P/. enl. 472.
Braunermald-Geyer, Kram. Elen, p. 326. N° 5 ?
Black Gled. Sibb. Scot. illuft. P. 2. lib. 3. p. 15.
’ J[' H I S Ipecies is faid to be lefs than the common Kite. Bill
and cere the fame: the parts above are of a very dark brown
colour, inclining to black: the head, breaft, and under parts are
whitilh: greater quills black: legs yellow and flender: claws
black.
It is diftinguilhed from the common Kite, ift, By it’s fize
being lefs; 2dly, By it’s being of a very dark colour; and,
fldly, In having the tail-feathers nearly even at the end, or at
leaft very little forked.
I much iufpeft this to be the fame with that in Kramer, above
quoted; but as he gives no fynonyms, I cannot be quite certain.
45-
AUSTRIAN
"KITE.
DESCRIPTION.
ISrauner-Geyer; Brauner Milon, Kram. Elen. 327. N° 6.
J T is about the fame fize with the Kite. The bill is yellow,
with a black tip : cere, and angles of the mouth, yellow:
irides black: palate of the mouth blue: forehead and throat
whitilh, lpotted with brown: head, neck, back, breaft, and
wings, chefnut; the Ihafts of the feathers black: belly and rump
teftaceous brown, obfcurely lpotted with brown: the prime quills
'9 are
are blackilh; the fecondaries tipped with white: tail very little,
if at all, forked, croffed with feveral blackilh bands: tips of the
feathers white : the legs are yellow, feathered to the middle :
claws black.
This bird, according to Kramer, inhabits Aujiria; lives chiefly
in woods; and feeds on birds and dormice.
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Accipiter Korfchun, N. C. Ac. Petr. vol. XV. t. i t . a.
46.
Ru s s ia n k i t e .
H I S is fo much like a Kite, as almoft to pals for a mere
variety of that bird. The length is twenty-one inches and
an half. The bill lead-colour: cere green: noftrils covered
with briftles : the head, upper part of the neck, and the throat,
are of an elegant chefnut: region of the eyes white : fides of the
head pale brown, as is all the reft of the body: the quills are
vinaceous at the tips : tail the lame : legs luteous and wrinkled:
claws black. — Inhabits Ruffia.
This is faid to be a folitary bird, feeding on fmall birds and
mice. Often feen at Tanain, near the city ofTfcbercajk,
D e s c r i p t io n . 4a
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Ue Bufard du Brefil, Erif. orn. i. p. 405. N° 31.
Caracara, Buf. oif. i. p. 222.
Milvus Brafilienfis, Raii Syn. p. 17. N° 6.
Brazilian Kite, called Caracara, Will. on. p. 76. t. 9.
§ I ^ E of a Kite. Bill black: irides gold-colour: round the
eyes yellow: general colour rufous, lpotted with white and
yellow : wings reach to near the end of the tail: legs yellow:
claws
47-
BRASILIAN
KITE.
D escrip t ion.
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