BUZZARDS 



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These birds are demons, so far as the farmer is concerned, 

 stealing any poultry they can get hold of. 



Fig. 56. — Jackal Buzzard (adult). (From a stuffed specimen.) 



There is another species of Buteo (B. desertorum), the 

 Steppe Buzzard, which is also fairly well known. It is of 

 a genera] pale brown colour above, with darker " shaft 



