190 HGNEYBUZZARD Class II. 



Size of a buzzard: bill black; cere and legs yel- 

 low : irides pale yellow : crown, and hind part of 

 the neck white, fpotted with light reddifh brown : 

 back and fcapulars of the fame color edged with 

 white. Qiiil feathers dufl<y barred with aQi color. 



Under fide of the neck, bread, belly, and thighs, 

 white ; the firil, alfo the beginning of the breaft 

 marked with a few rufty fpots : rump white : mid- 

 dle feathers of the tail barred with white, and a 

 deep brown : the others with a lighter and dark- 

 ,er brown. The legs very ilrong. 



56. Honey Le Golran, ou Bondree. Be- La Bondree. Brijon a'u. i. 



Buzzard. lotia'v. loi. 410. Hiji. d^Oys. I. 208. 



Aid, a'v. I. 191. • Zinan. 84. 



Honey-Buzzard. Wil.orn.'jz. Br. Zool. 6j. Tab, A. 4. A*. 



Rail fyn. ai), 16. 4. PL Enl. 420. 



Frofch-geyerl. Kram, 331. Mufe-Hoeg, Mufe-Baage, 



Falco Apivorus. Zm.^y?. 130. Brunnich p. 5. 



Slag-hok. Faun, Suec.fp.6^. 



Descrip. /' ' I ^ H E weight of this fpecies is thirty oun- 

 \_ ces : the length twenty-three inches : the 

 breadth fifty- two : the bill and cere are black-, 

 the latter much wrinkled : the irides of a fine yel- 

 low : the crown of the head afh-colored : the neck, 

 back, fcapulars, and covert feathers of the wings, 

 are of a deep brov^n : the chin is white ; the breaft 

 and belly of the fame color, marked with dufky 



Tail, fpo^s pointing downwards. The tail is long, of a 



dull 



