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it is found every where, and has almost always been considered 

 as a variety of some other bird.(l) 



But the greater number of Buzzards have naked and scutellated 

 tarsi. The only one in Europe is, 



F. buteo, L.J la Bus e Commune^ Enl. 419; Naum. 32. (The 

 Common Buzzard.) Brown ; belly and throat more or less un- 

 dulated with white; the most noxious and common bird of 

 prey in Europe. It remains the whole year in the forests, 

 souses upon its prey from the top of a tree, and destroys much 

 game.(2) 



Some species are crested. 



Le Bacha, Vaill. Afric. pi. xv. Size of the preceding ; 

 brown ; small, white, round spots on the sides of the breast, 

 and on the abdomen ; a black and white crest ; a broad white 

 band on the middle of the tail. A very savage bird of Africa, 

 which preys chiefly on the Hyraces.(3) 



Circus, Bechstein. 



The Harriers differ from the Buzzards in their elevated tarsi, and in 

 a kind of collar on each side of their neck, formed by the tips of the 

 feathers which cover their ears. 



There are three species in France, which have been multi- 

 plied by the nomenclaturalists on account of the variety in their 

 plumage. 



F.pygargiis, L. ; LaSoubuse, Enl. 443 and 480; Naum. xxxviii, 

 2, andxxxix, 1 and 2. Brown above; underneath, fawn coloured. 



(1) Add the Base a cahtte noire, (F. atricapillus, Cuv.) Col. 79, or the Buteome- 

 lanokucos, Vieill. Galer. 14 ; the Black Buzzard (.F. niger,) Wils. VT, liii, 1 and 

 2, which M. Ch. IJonap. thinks is the F. Sand. Johan. of Pennant. 



(2) Add the Rou-noir, Vaill. Afr. 16 {F. jackal, Daud. and Sh.); the Tachard, 

 Id. 19 [F. tachardus, Sh.); the Buseray, Id. 20 {F.bursarellus, Sh. ); the Grey 

 cheeked Buzzard {F. polygems. Tern.) Col. 32.5. the ffroum buzzard, (F. fuscus) 

 Vieill. Am. 5; the Tachiro, Vaill. 24 [F. tachiro, Sh.) the Milan Cresserelle, 

 Vieill. Am. 10, bis, and the young female, Col. 180 ; a species of which the F. 

 plumbeus, Spix, VIII, is perhaps tlie adult, and in which the lateral festoon, in 

 some individuals, is sharpened into a tooth, although the quills are those of the 

 ignobles. The Long-winged Buzzard {F. pterocles. Tern.) Col. 56 and 139. The 

 Buse a dos iachete {F. psecilonotos, Cuv.), Col. 9. La Biise manteUe, (F. lacer- 

 nulatus, T.) Col. 427. La huse pale., {F. Uventer, T.) Col. 438. La Bused queue 

 ferrugineuse, {But. ferruginicaudus,) Yieill. Am. 6. 



Also, F. borealis, Wils. pi. lii, f 1. Am. Ed. 



(3) Add the White-crested Buzzard of India, {F. albidus, T.) Col. 19. 



N. B. The Buse roussatre. Tern. Col. 25, somewhat approaches to the Harrier 

 by its elevated tarsi, but is deficient in the collar ; the transitions between these 

 two divisions, also, ai-e almost insensible. 



