COMMON BUZZARD. 



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RAPTORES. 



FALCONID^E. 





THE COMMON BUZZARD. 



Buteo vulgaris. 



Falco buteo, 



Buteo vulgaris, 



Falco buteo, 



The Buzzard, 

 Common Buzzard, 

 The Buzzard, 

 Common Buzzard, 



La Buse, 



PENX. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 232. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 22. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 54. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 55. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 87. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i.p. 63. 



BUTEO. Generic Characters. Bill rather small and weak, bending from 

 the base, part of the cutting edge of the upper mandible slightly project- 

 ing ; cere large ; nostrils oval. Wings ample ; the first quill-feather short, 

 about equal in length to the seventh, the fourth the longest ; the first four 

 feathers with the inner webs deeply notched. Tarsi short, strong, scaled 

 or feathered. Toes short ; claws strong. 



