BRITISH BIRDS. 



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Honey Buzzard. — This fine bird is of rare occurrence 

 in England, and only a very few examples of it have been 

 met with in Scotland. The general colour of the upper 

 parts is a fine dark brown, touched with grey on the fore 

 part of the head, and yellowish brown on the long rounded 

 tail, which is 

 traversed by 

 many narrow 

 bands of a light 

 greyish black 

 colour. The un- 

 der parts are 

 greyish white, 

 thickly spotted 

 with brownish 

 black. The bill 

 is horn - colour, 

 the cere bluish, 

 and the legs and 

 feet yellow. 

 The female is 

 larger than her 

 mate, and her 

 under parts are 

 light yellowish 

 red, spotted with 

 brownish red. 

 The male is 

 about 2 feet in 

 full length, and the female measures 2 or 3 inches more. 

 Both sexes, however, vary a good deal both in point of size 

 and colouring. 



White-Tailed Eagle, or Erne. — This bird is also called 

 the sea eagle, and used formerly to be abundant in Britain ; 



Fui. 31. - The Honey BicAird. 



