The Common Buzzard 



THE Common Buzzard is a large ashy 

 brown coloured bird of the falcon 

 family. It inhabits wooded districts in the 

 west and north of England, Wales, and 

 Scotland, being most numerous where no 

 game preserving is carried on amongst the 

 mountains of the Principality. A few years 

 ago it bred in the north of Ireland, but 

 there is every reason to fear that the game- 

 keeper has banished it, as he has effectually 

 done from many parts of England and 

 Scotland. This is a pity, because the bird 

 is very useful to the farmer, does little 

 harm to game, and is a great addition to 

 the wild picturesqueness of a mountain 

 landscape. 



It does not exhibit the fierce dashing 

 habits of many members of the family to 

 which it belongs, and instead of pursuing 

 birds on the wing prefers to prey upon 



leverets, rabbits, rats, voles, mice, wounded 



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