HONEY-BIJZZAHI). 



A CCIPITRES. 



121 

 FA LCONIIKE. 



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Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus*). 



THE HONEY-BUZZARD. 



, Pernis apivorus. 



Pernis, Cuvierf. — Bill slender, rather weak, curved from the base, the catting 

 edge of the upper mandible nearly straight ; the cere large; nostrils elongated, 

 placed obliquely ; the lores closely covered with small scale-like feathers. Wings 

 long and large ; the first quill-featlier short ; the third and fourth feathers the 

 longest ; inner webs of the first four deeply notched. Tail long. Tarsi short, 

 half-plumed, the rest I'eticulated ; toes of moderate length and sti-ength ; the 

 claws slender and only slightly curved. 



The Honey-Buzz. \rd is a rare species in this country, 

 and if not exclusively a summer-visitor the fact is mainly 



* Faico apivorus, Linnnsus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 130 (1706). 

 f Regno Animal, i. p. 322 (1817). 

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