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body, bounded by two of Lavater's lines of beauty, i;.» 

 unlike that of any rapacious bird known to me. The 

 female is also stated as being twenty-six inches long, 

 which is a much larger size than that of any buzzard 

 seen by me. 



It also seems very strange that " the smallness of 

 the head and bill is very remarkable," and that it has 

 '' a structure of wjng which adapts it for more rapid 

 flight than the goshawk." 



In many parts of the country this bird is named tho 

 Kite, in others the Puttock, but by ornithologists ge- 

 aerally it is known as the Common Buzzard. The 

 synonyms, which are numerous, I judge it unnecessary 

 to indicate, contenting myself, as usual, with referring 

 to a few respectable authors. 



Ifalco Buteo, Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. I'll. 



Falco Buteo. Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. p. 23. 



Buzzard. Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



La Buse. Falco Buteo, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. p. 63. 



Buteo vulgaris. Common Buzzard. Flem. Brit. Anim. p. bt. 



Common Buzzard. Buteo vulgaris. Selbp, Ilhtstr. vol. i. p. n'f . 



