8 ./ERUGINOSUS. MOOR-BUZZARD, OR DUCK- 

 HAWK. 



F. Fuscus, vertice luteo, cera pedibusque Jlavis. 

 Shaw. 



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

 the crown is yellowish white, lightly tinged with 

 brown; the throat is light rust colour ; the rest of the 

 plumage is reddish brown, with pale edges ; the greater 

 wing coverts are tipped with white; the legs are 

 yellow, the claws black. Bewick. 



Var : the whole chocolate brown, with a tinge of 

 rust colour. Latham. 



Weight 28oz. 



The moor-buzzard preys upon rabbits, water fowl, 

 and reptiles. 



It builds its nest upon the ground, among long 

 grass or rushes, and lays 3 or 4 whitish eggs, spotted 

 with dusky. 



9. PALUMBARIUS.) 

 GENTILIS. Syn.) GOS 



F. Fuscus fascia superciliari alba, subtus albus lineis 

 transversis fuscis. Shaw. 



The bill is blue, black at the tip ; the cere is yel- 

 low-green ; irides yellow ; the head, the hind part of 

 the neck, back, and wings are deep brown ; over the 



eye is a white line, and a broken patch of the same 



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