Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Kite

A carrion kite will never make a good hawk.

Ask a kite for a feather and she’ll say she has just enough to fly with.

One leg of a lark is worth the whole body of a kite.

If the frog and mouse quarrel, the kite will see them agreed.

The kite’s malady: its wing broken and its beak sound.French.