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Hieraetus pennatus (Gmclin) Bootkd Eagle. Fr. 



Aii^lc buUcc ; Cicr. Z\vcrg;idler ; Itdl. Aquila minore. 



(^ 9 2 plumages, (i) Above mottled dark and light brown, 

 paler and redder on head, shaft streaks darker, in some a patch 

 of white on scapulars ; beneath white, some very fulvous, with 

 darker shaft streaks. (2) All dark brown, mottled with pale brown 

 on upper parts, secondaries pale ; dark shaft streaks on under 

 parts. Bill bluish horn, tip black. Cere and feet yellow. Iris 

 yellowish, in young brown. Wing ^ 355-380, 9 390-415. Tarsus 

 58-62. Bill 22-27. 



Breeds. — Mountains and forests of C. and S. France, Spain, 

 Portugal, N.W. Africa (Tunis to Morocco), Sicily, Poland, 

 Austria, and Hungary to Rumania and S. Russia ; also SAV. Asia 

 to India. Migrates ; occurs on passage in Sardinia (rare), Italy, 

 Greece ; in winter Egypt, Nubia, N.E. Africa, and India. 



BUTEO. 



Eagle-like, with long wings but short partly bare tarsus ; 

 nostrils longish ; first 4 primaries markedly eniarginale, 5th 

 less so (in Eagles first 5 are strongly emarginate, 6th 

 slightly); of heavy flight, rarely taking prey on wing; food, 

 reptiles, small mammals, etc. ; nest of sticks in trees or 

 rocks; eggs white tinged pale bluish more or less spotted 

 or blotched with pale violet grey and deep reddish brown 

 or rufous. 



Buteo buteo buteo (L.). Buzzard. Fr. Buse ; Gcr. 

 Miiusebussard ; lUd. Pojana ; Siucd. Musvag. 



cJ 9 Above brown with generally a few rufous marks ; tail 

 barred (at all ages) with grey, sometimes white with rufous 

 tinge ; beneath dark brown, mottled and barred with buff or 

 white ; under tail coverts white with brown bands, but often not 

 barred ; in some adults underparts are white or creamy streaked 

 with long dark spots (this is also a sign of youth) ; tarsus feathered 

 to within 45 m.m. of toe-joints ; very variable in plumage ; bill is 

 weaker than in " B. fcrox" and tail is shorter. Bill horn black, 

 bluish touardb base. Cere, legs and feet yellow. Iris yellowibh 



