HONEY BUZZARD 



RAPTORES. 



THE HONEY BUZZARD. 



Pernis apivorm. 



Falco apivorus, Honey Buzzard, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 235. 



MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



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



Pernis FLEM. Brit. An. p. 52. 



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



Buteo JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. ?8. 



Pernis GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 



Falco Buse Bondree, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 67. 



PERNIS. 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 first four deeply notched. Tail long. 

 Tarsi short, half-plumed, the rest reticulated ; toes of moderate length and 

 strength ; the claws only slightly curved. 



