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7. APIVORUS, LIN. Fern, > BUZ2ARD 



ALBIDUS, GMELIN. Mas.j H 



Wer. Trans, vol. 2. 575. 



F. Fuscus, alls cinereo fascialis, subtus albus fasciis 

 subferrugineis transversis, Shaw. 



The bill is black : cere and irides are yellow ; the 

 head is ash colour ; the upper parts are dark brown, 

 the under parts white, spotted, or barred with rusty 

 brown, on the breast and belly ; the tail is brown, 

 marked with three broad dusky bars, between each 

 of which, are two or three of the same colour, but 

 narrower ; the legs are stout and short, of a dull yel- 

 low colour. Bewick. 



Weight lib. lOoz. length 23 inches, breadth 4 

 feet. 



The nest of the honey buzzard is constructed of 

 small branches, lined with wool, &c. It often, how- 

 ever, like the common buzzard, contents itself with 

 the deserted nest of some other bird. 



The female lays eggs of a dirty white, blotted with 

 rust colour. It feeds its young with the maggots of 

 wasps and bees : and pieces of honey-comb are said 

 to be often found in its nest. 



