Lexic.us

Definition of Black kite

1. Noun. Dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Kite

Literary usage of Black kite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of British Birds by William YARRELL, Howard Saunders, Alfred Newton (1874)
"THE black kite is supposed by some ornithologists to be one of those species which ... 253), as follows :— " A fine mature male example of the black kite, ..."

2. Siberia in Asia: a Visit to the Valley of the Genesay in East Siberia: With by Henry Seebohm (1882)
"... amount of wood our engines consumed—Our hostess' hospitality—A poor bag—Vegetation in the forest—The black kite— The Tass—Yair-mak—Barn Swallows. ..."

3. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders (1899)
"At Bayonne the black kite may often be seen crossing the streets and steering its way among the telegraph wires, or picking up offal and small fish from the ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"... for the black kite especially. ... The black kite, which is ч: numerous everywhere as to be ..."

5. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"... height over the plains, according to Dr. Roth, and apparently leaving the country in winter. The black kite, which is во numerous everywhere ag to lie ..."

6. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1902)
"The Red Kite is much more local than the black kite and not nearly so plentiful. Like most of the resident birds, it breeds early. ..."

7. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1860)
"A species of the genus rostrhamus (Lesson), generally South American, has been found breeding in Florida; this is the black kite (R. sociabilis, Vieill. ..."

8. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1899)
"Perhaps the Red Kite never fishes, as does its congener the black kite, for the silvery " L'Ablette," a small fish about the size of a Sardine, ..."

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