 | William Turner - Birds - 1903 - 252 pages
...sometimes three, and hatch as many young. But that kind which is named ^Etolian at times lays even four. I know two sorts of Kites, the greater and the less...seen in England, though in Germany most frequently. OF THE MOLLICEPS. Ma\a/coKpavev<;, molliceps, in English a shrike, a nyn murder, in German cyn nuin... | |
 | Harry Kirke Swann - Birds - 1913 - 328 pages
...long ceased to breed except perhaps in a few localities in Wales. Turner says that in his day it was " abundant and remarkably rapacious. This kind is wont...out of children's hands in our cities and towns." Its former abundance is indeed perhaps best exemplified by the commonness of kite-flying among boys.... | |
 | 254 pages
...sometimes three, and hatch as many young. But that kind which is named ЖшНап at times lays even four. I know two sorts of Kites, the greater and the less...seen in England, though in Germany most frequently. OF THE MOLLICEPS. Ma\aKo/cpavev4, molliceps, in English a shrike, a nyn murder, in German eyn nuin... | |
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I know two sorts of Kites, the greater and the less ; the greater is in colour nearly rufous, and in England is abundant and remarkably rapacious. This kind is wont to snatch food out of children's hands, in our cities and towns. 