kite

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


common English bird-name. The speciesin Australia are – – Allied Kite – – Milvus affanis, Gould.

♣ Black-shouldered K. – – Elanus axillaris, Lath.

♣ Letter-winged K. – – E. scriptus, Gould.

♣ Square-tailed K. – – Lophoictinia isura, Gould.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 321:

«We had to guard it by turns, whip in hand, from a host ofsquare-tailed kites ( Milvus isiurus).»

1895. G. A. Keartland, `Horne Expedition in CentralAustralia,' Zoology, p. 55:

«At any stockyard or station passed Kites were seen . . . atHenbury one female bird was bold enough to come right into campand pick up the flesh thrown to it from birds I was skinning.»

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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