BEE-HAWK. 2(55 



very fat, and tolerable eating. jVfr Liddei's specimen 

 was so " excessively fat that its grease ran from tln^ 

 holes pierced with the shot, and rendered it a difficult 

 task to preserve the skin clean for stuffing, as it flowed 

 down the blade of the knife and over the hands of the 

 operator." 



Honey Buzzard and Capped Buzzard are the only 

 vernacular names of this bird, which I have ventured 

 to call the Bee-Hawk. The generic name cannot witli 

 propriety be rendered into English by Honey Buzzard. 

 Neither perhaps, for a similar reason, onglit it to be 

 translated Bee-hawk ; because the other species are 

 perhaps neither honey-eaters nor bee-eaters ; but I can- 

 not devise a better name, and shall be ready to adopt 

 one when it is found by another. The phrase Honey 

 Buzzard is merely a specific name, such as Turkey 

 Buzzard or Night Hawk, which are applied to birds 

 that are neither buzzards nor hawks. 



Falco apivorus. Linn. St/st. Nat. vol. i. p. 130. 



Falco apivorus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. vo'. i, p. 25. 



Honey Buzzard. Mont. Orniih. Diet. 



Buse Bondree. Falco apivorus. Temm. Man. d'Ovnitli. p. G7- 



Perriis apivorus, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. .52. 



Honey Buzzard. Pernis apivorus. Selhy, lllust. vol. i. p. 62. 



