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 Pariah or Govind Kite
(M. govinda) replaces the black species in the Indian peninsula and the Himalayas; while another and larger species (M. melanotis) ranges from the Indian peninsula through Japan and China to Formosa.
The former is a great scavenger, frequenting the streets of cities and towns, while the latter is a shyer bird, keeping more to the jungles.
The Everglade Kite
(Rostrhamus sociabilis), which is found from Florida through tropical America to Argentina, is a form of very doubtful relationships, but by some authorities has been placed here. It is a dark slate-colored bird about eighteen inches in length, and subsists almost entirely on snails, whence it is often called the Snail-Hawk.
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