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Length Q, 19, Aving Ij in. ; liisl .'> primarios 

 notched ; above darlc-brown to slate-brown 

 with paler edgings ; tail with 10 or 12 darkei- 

 eross-bars, the sub-terminal ])road : throat 

 wliite, npper l)reast rnfous (q) to deep chest - 

 luit or brownish -black (2): other lower parts 

 buify -white, generally Avith rnfons arroAA' 

 heads or flank bars ; a miiform sooty-l)i'own 

 ])hase is met with. 

 184. Buteo swainsoni Bonap. Geogr. and Comp. N. and S. 

 List, J). 3 (1838). \Near the Columhia River.'] America, 

 Swainson's Hawk. from 



Alaska to 

 Chile. 



Tail brown Avith 8 or 9 darker bars ; beloAA- 

 Avhitish, hea\nly blotched lengthAvise Avith 

 dark broAvn : thighs bnffish, barred with dark 

 broAA^i. 

 13o. Btiteo oreophilufi Hart, and Neum., Oi'ii. E.Africa. 

 M.B. xxii., p. 31 (1914). \S. Ahys.'^vnia.'\ Abyssinia 



E. African Buzzard. and Uganda 



to the 

 Cape. 



First 4 primaries notched ; length (^ abont 20 

 in. ; A\dng 14.75-15 ; tail 8.75-9 ; tarsus 3.10 ; 

 9 wing 15-16 in. ; plumage variable ; adult 

 in breeding plumage {Brit. Isles) broAAii to 

 dark broAvn above, sometimes with rusty 

 edges to scapulars ; loAA^er parts whitish, 

 heavily blotched on br(>ast and barred on 

 belly Avith dark broAvn (occasionally rufous 

 ]>roAvn), the upper breast, flanks and thighs 

 nearly uniform ; tail AA'ith 12 or 13 darker 

 bars, the sub-terminal one broad* : a soot y- 

 hroANU ])hase also a "" A\liite "" \ariety are 

 met with. 

 136. Bnteo hiiico hiiiro {Liiiii.) S.X. cl. .\ . i. |>. !»<) \V.. X. ajul C. 

 (1758). \Ki(r()2>e.\ Europe, N. to 



Common Buzzard. Brit. Isles and 



SAveden, 8. 

 to Spain. 



* Adults among the Buzzards nsunlly lia\(> llio tail much less numerously 

 haiTod tlian is the case with youiiu' birds and often have a bi'oad sub-terminal 

 band, lacking in young birds : tlie lattcM' ;ilso liave the under-parts of the 

 bo(ly its a rule lighter, often with the arrow-liead, circular or elongated dark 

 inarkings characteristic of tlie young birds of other groiips of the .{rcipitre.s, 

 Individuals of all the species of Hnleo vary greatly in plumage. 



