Question

The kite ranges from 25 to 27 inches in length, about one half of which is made up by its _________ 0

_________ (deep) forked tail, capable of great _________ 1 _________ (expand), and therefore a

powerful rudder, enabling the bird while _________ 2 _________ (soar) on its wide wings, more than

5 ft. in extent, to direct its circling course with scarcely a movement that is apparent to the spectator

below. Its general colour is pale reddish-brown or cinnamon, the head being greyish-white, but almost

each feather has the shaft dark. The tail feathers are broad, of a light red, barred with deep brown,

and furnish the salmon fisher with one of the choicest materials of his "flies." The nest, nearly always

built in the crotch of a large tree, is formed of sticks intermixed with many strange substances

_________ 3 _________ (collect) as chance may offer, but among them rags seem always to

_________ 4 _________ (has) a place. The eggs, three or four in number, are of a dull white, spotted

and blotched with several shades of brown, and often lilac. It is especially _________ 5 _________

(mention) by old authors that in Great Britain the kite was _________ 6 _________ (reside)

throughout the year; whereas on the Continent it is one of the most regular and marked migrants,

_________ 7 _________ (stretch) its wings towards the south In autumn, _________ 8 _________

(winter) in Africa, and returning in spring to the land of its birth.​

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