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BAPTORES. 



FALCO>fTD.E. 



FALCONIDE. 





THE COMMON BUZZARD. 



Falco hiteo. The Buzzard, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 232. 



,, ,, Common BuzzariL Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, The Bitzzard, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 22. 



Buteo vulgaris, Common Buzzard, Flem. Brit. An. p. 54. 



,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 55. 



,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 87. 



,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 



Fidco buteo, La Base, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 63. 



Buteo. Generic Characters. — Bill rather small and vv'eak, bending from the 

 base, part of the cutting edge of the upper mandible slightly projecting ; cere 

 large ; nostrils oval. Wings ample : the first quill-feather short, about equal 

 in length to the seventh, the fourth the longest ; the first four feathers with the 

 inner webs deeply notched. Tarsi short, strong, scaled or feathered. Toes 

 short ; claws strong. 



