ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
THE KITES, BUZZARDS, EAGLES, HAWKS, AND ALLIES
The Letter-winged Kite
(E. scriptus) of Australia is so named from the fact that there is a black mark on the under surface of the wing, which,”following the line of the bones from the body to the pinion, assumes when the wing is spread the form of the letter V, or, if both wings are seen from beneath at the same time, that of a W, divided in the center by the body.”It is the smallest species, being only twelve inches long, and is a delicate ashy white above, except for the coverts and a patch on the outside of the wing, which are black, and pure white beneath.
They are abundant in the interior of the country, always going in companies of from ten to thirty individuals, and even nesting in companies, as near as possible to one another. The nests are lined with the pellets ejected from their stomachs, these pellets being composed of the fur of the rats upon which they principally feed.
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