14 BUZZARD 



white, streaked and dotted, more especially at the thicker 

 end, with yellowish or pale brown. Sometimes they are 

 perfectly white. 



The period of incubation lasts three weeks, the male 

 assisting the female at her task. 



Mr. Hewitson states that Mr. R. R. Wingate had the 

 eggs of the Buzzard brought to him from the same place for 

 several successive years, no doubt, he thinks, the produce of 

 the same bird. The first year they were white, or nearly 

 so ; the second year marked with indistinct yellowish brown, 

 and increasing each year in intensity of colouring, till the 

 spots became of a rich dark brown. 



Two specimens are figured in the plate, one showing the 

 pale bluish, the second the pale brownish ground colour. 



