THE HONEY BUZZARD. 



Perm's aph-orus. CUVIF.R. 

 PLATE XIX. 



Falco apivorus, Linn. Pernis apivorus, Cuvier, Reg. 



Anim Buse Bondree, Temm Honey Buzzard, of 



Brit. Ornithol 



THIS very interesting bird is one of the rarest 

 British Falconidae, and is in much request by 

 collectors. We have only seen one newly taken 

 specimen, which was killed in some part of the 

 Lothians, but we are aware that seven or eight 

 birds of this species have been killed within the 

 last five years in the counties of Northumberland 

 and Durham ; three of which we saw soon after 

 they were skinned ; the whole were procured 

 during the autumnal months, or between August 

 and November, and were probably individually 

 driven out of the line of the equatorial migration 

 from the northern parts of continental Europe.* A 

 specimen was also lately killed near Drumlanrig, 

 which came into the possession of J. Bushnan, 



* Illust. of Ornithol N. S. Plate 1. 



