HONEY BUZZARD. 



RAPTORES. 



85 

 FALCONID/E. 



THE HONEY BUZZARD. 



Falco apivorus. Honey Buzzard, Penn Brit. Zool. vol. 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



235, 



Pernis 



Buteu 

 Pernis 

 Falco 



Buse Bondree, 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 24. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 52. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 62. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 88. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 67. 



Pernis. Generic Characters. — Bill slender, rather weak, curved from the 

 base, the cutting edge of the upper mandible nearly straight ; the cere large • 

 nostrils elongated, placed obliquely ; the lore covered with small scale-like 

 feathers. Wings long and large; the first quill-feather short ; the third and 

 fourth feathers the longest in the wing; inner webs of the first four deeply 

 notched. Tail long. Tarsi short, half-plumed, the rest reticulated ; toes of 

 moderate length and strength ; the claws only slightly curved. 



