214 ACCIPITRES. 



Genus BUTEO *. 

 Cuvier, Legons Anat. Comp. i. Tabl. Oiseaux (1800). 



Buteo buteo. 



Faho buteo, Linnaeus, Syet. Nat. i. p. 127 (1766). 

 Buteo vulgaris, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. & B. Brit. Mus. p. 10 

 (1816) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 186 (1874). 



The Common Buzzard. 



Hab. Europe generally. 



964. Articulated skeleton : mounted. 0. C. 1646. 



South Collection. 



965. Articulated skeleton : mounted. 0. 0. 1647. Purchased. 



966. Skull of female. From Germany. Purchased. 



967. Sternum, with right coracoid, scapula, and fnrcula. S. S. 



1012, Purchased of Mr. L. Fraser. 



Buteo borealis. 



Fidco horeaUs, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 266 (1788). 



Buteo borealis (Gm.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 188 (1874). 



The Red-tailed Buzzard. 



Hab. Eastern N. America, Cuba, Jamaica, and the West 

 Indies. 



968. Sternum (Sm. no. 25). 



Presented hy the Smithsonian Institution. 



Buteo lineatus. 



Falco lineatus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 268 (1788). 



Buteo lineatus (Gm.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 191 (1874). 



The Lineated Buzzard. 



Hab. North America. 



969. Sternum, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. S. S. 



1272. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution. 



* Cf. Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. p. 21. 



