Society for the Irotection of Birds. 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Edited by H. E. DRESSER, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
No. 24.—COMMON BUZZARD. 
Byosivev, “Eh A;-MACPILERSON, MAC; 
Author of “ A History of Fowling,” “The Fauna of Lakeland,” etc., Joint-Author of the 
“Fur and Feather Series,” etc. 
COMMON BUZZARD, 
I. Nuame—-COMMON BUZZARD. 
Family—Falconide. 
Common Buzzard, Glede, Shreak. 
Genus.—Buteo. Buteo vulgaris. 
II. General Description. 
Buzzards vary immensely in individual coloration. The British species varies more 
than any of its numerous allies. The nestling is at first covered with white down, 
which is replaced by a lighter or darker phase of plumage, as the case may be. 
The commonest form has the feathers of the upper parts dark brown, the back, 
The feathers of the lower 
secondaries, and wing-coverts edged with chestnut. 
parts are dark brown clouded with buff. The amount of rufous in the tail 
Illustration by kind permission of Messrs. Longmans, Green, & Co., from “British Birds,” by 
W. H. Hudson. 
