98 

 RAPTORES. 



FALCONIM. 



FALCONIDJ3. 



THE HONEY BUZZARD. 



Pernis apivorus. 



Falco apivorus, Honey Buzzard, 



Pernis 



Buteo 



Pernis 



Falco 



Buse Bondree, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 235. 



MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 24. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 52. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 62. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 88. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 67. 



PEBNIS. Generic Characters. Bill slender, rather weak, curved from 

 the base, the cutting edge of the upper mandible nearly straight ; the cere 

 large ; nostrils elongated, placed obliquely ; the lore covered with small 

 scale-like feathers. Wings long and large ; the first quill-feather short ; 

 the third and fourth feathers the longest in the wing ; inner webs of the 



