82 



FALCONID^E. 



RAPTORES. 



FALCONID^E. 



THE COMMON BUZZARD. 



Falco buteo, 



Buteo vulgaris, 



Buteo vulgaris. 



Tie Buzzard, 

 Common Buzzard, 

 The Buzzard, 

 Common Buzzard, 



Falco buteo, La Buse, 



PENN. 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, pt. ix. 

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



BUTEO. Generic Cliaracters. Bill rather small and weak, bending from the 

 base, part of the cutting edge of the upper mandible slightly projecting ; 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. 



