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Buteo desertorum. STEPPE- BUZZARD. 



FalGO desertorum Daudin, Traite d'Orn. ii. 1800, p. 162 : 

 S. Africa. 



Buteo desertorum (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, 

 p. 179; B. O. II. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 94; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 322. 



An example was reported from Wiltshire, Sept. 1864, and 

 two others, in the Hancock collection, are said to have been 

 obtained near Newcastle. 



The Steppe-Buzzard, a wide-ranging species, is found 

 throughout the whole of Africa, south-eastern Europe, and 

 western Asia as far as India. 



Buteo borealis. RED-TAILED BUZZARD. 



FalGO borealis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 1, 1788, p. 266 : 

 Carolina. 



Buteo borealis ( Gmel,} ; Sharve, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, p. 188 ; 

 B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 94 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd 

 ed. 1899, p. 322. 



An example is said to have been killed in Nottinghamshire 

 in the autumn of 1860. 



The Red-tailed Buzzard, which has been separated by 

 American ornithologists into a number of subspecies, is 

 found throughout North America from Alaska and central 

 Canada southwards to Guatemala. 



Buteo lineatus. RED-SHOULDERED BUZZARD. 



Falco lineatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 1, 1788, p. 268 : 

 Long Island, U.S.A. 



Buteo lineatus (Gmel.) Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, p. 191 ; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 94; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 322. 



An example is said to have been killed in Inverness-shire 

 in Feb. 1863. 



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