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their brilliant plumage. The kingfisher is tree on the banks of rivers. Here it will sit for hours watching for fish. It dives the moment it perceives its prey, carries the fish to the perch, makes its nest of fish-bones, ejected by the bird itself. It is found all over the world. The wood kingfisher of Africa feeds largely upon insects, America is slate-blue, with white breast, and feeds on fishes. The giant kingfisher of Austra¬ lia feeds on lizards and insects. bird of the genus Falco or hawk. Its bill is short and strong, its wings are long, powerful, and pointed, and its tail is forked. The kite spends the greater part of the day on the wing, some¬ times flying so high that it can scarcely be seen, When in the air it lives mbstly on insects, but its food consists also of moles, mice and carrion. throughout Europe the swallow-tailed kite is one common in America. The carrion-feeding birds found in Asia, and particularly in India. kite, which has just been described, and which is often seen in the air, almost as still as a paper kite, gliding along without moving its wings. Kites are made of many different shapes, but the and the bow-kite. The natives of India, the Chinese, and the Japanese are very skilful in making kites, and often make them to represent stacks, and are now emplo3^ed in the study of the were followed by bronze knives made of copper and tin but knives made of iron and steel gradually took tlieir place, as they were found to be more lasting and stronger. The best knives are now made of steel. In the manufacture of table-knives a bar of shear-steel is heated white soldiers of courage and experience. The knight took the title of Sir before his name. Knight¬ hood was conferred of old by laying the blade of a sword on the shoulder of the one to be honored and repeating a formula declaring him