APPENDIX. 367 



Buzzard. It is impossible^ even with the assistance of the 

 figure, to decide with certainty what bird Mr. Markwick 

 intended to represent. I, however, give the description, and 

 leave it, quantum valeat : — 



'' A Dark-Brown Hawk, or Buzzard, Falco. — When I 

 arrived at Denn Park, near Horsham, in May 1793, 1 found 

 in the Garden two Birds of the Falcon Genus. One was the 

 Common Buzzard before described, and the other was a 

 Hawk or Buzzard of a very dark brown Colour, which was 

 caught alive in the Park by the Gardiner, during the pre- 

 ceeding Winter. He observed two of them to resort together 

 in Pursuit of the Rooks, and caught one of them with a 

 Snare. I ordered this Bird to be put into a Cage, and made 

 the Drawing from the living Bird. It was somewhat less, 

 and more slender, than the Common Buzzard, and its 

 Measurements were nearly as follow : Its Length from the 

 Tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail, about 18 inches, and 

 its Breadth from Tip to Tip of the Wing when extended, 

 about four feet. Its Bill was hooked, of a dark blue, with 

 a blackish Tip, and the Cere was o£ a Lemon Colour, as Avcre 

 the Edges of the Mouth, which was beset with several black 

 Hairs, or Bristles. The Eyes were large and beautiful, the 

 Irides of a hazel Colour, the Head, hinder Part of the Neck, 

 Back, WingSj and Tail, were of a dark-brown chestnut 

 Colour, darkest on the Quills and Tail, which last was barred 

 with dusky ; the Chin and Throat were whitish, streaked 

 with dark brown ; the Breast and Belly were also irregularly 

 variegated with white and dark brown. The Thighs were 

 brown, and the Vent variegated or barred with dark brown 

 and white. The Legs and Feet were of a pale yellow, and 

 the Claws hooked, sharp pointed, and of a black Colour. If 

 this is not a Variety of the Moor Buzzard, F. ^ruf/inosus, 

 I know not of what Species it is, and it is probably new as a 

 Bri/^ish Bird.'' 



Of the Kite, of which Mr. Markwick gives a description 

 and figure, though he does not say where it was killed, he 



