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MISSISSIPPI KITE.
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head, the neck all round, and the under parts in general bluish-white.
The back and wing-coverts are of a dark leaden colour, the ends of the
secondary coverts white. The primaries black, margined externally with
bright bay ; the tail also deep black, as is the rump.
Length 14 inches, extent of wings 36 ; bill along the ridge H, along the edge 4 2 ; tarsus 1|.
Adult Female. Plate CXVII. Fig. 2.
The female differs little from the male in colour, and is not much larger.
Length 15 inches.
