192 MOORBUZZARD. Class II. 



57. Moor Le fau-Perdrieux. Bclon av. HoenC-t]\if. Faun. Suec. /p. 66, 



Buzzard. 114. Pojana roffa. Zinan. ^t,. 



Circus Accipiter. Gefner nnj. Le Bufard tie marais. BriJJhn 



49. a'v. i. 401. HiJ}. d'Oys. i. 



Milvus rrruginofus. JU. au. 218. 



i. 203. Schwartz-brauner Fifch-Gey- 



Moor Buzzard. WiL orn. 75. er mit dem gelben Kopf. 



Rail fyn. a'v. 17. Frifch. I. 77. 



Brauner rohr Gayer. Kram, Hoenfe Hocg. Brunnich ^. ^. 



328. ^ Br. Z00I6']. Tab. A. 5. 

 Faico aeruginofus. Lin.Jyfi.g \ . 



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HIS fpecies frequents moors, marfhy places, 

 and heaths; it never foars like other hawks; 

 but commohly fits on the ground, or on fmall bufli- 

 es : it makes its neft in the midfl: of a tuft of grafs 

 or rulhes : we have found three young ones in it, 

 but Mever happened to meet with the eggs : it is a 

 very fierce and voracious bird, and is a great de- 

 ftroyer of rabbets, young wild ducks *, and other 

 water fowl. It alfo preys, like the ofprey, upon 

 fifh. 

 Descrip. Its ufual weight is twenty ounces : the length 

 twenty-one inches: the breadth four feet three inch- 

 es : the bill is black ; cere yellow ; irides of the 

 fame color : the whole bird, head excepted, is 

 of a chocolate brov;n, tinged with rufl: color: on 

 the head is a large yellowifh fpot; we have {ten 



* III feme places it is called the duck ha=wk. 



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