HONEY-BUZZARD. 



A CCIPITRES. 



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FA LOON I DM. 



PERNIS APIVORUS (Linnaeus*). 



THE HONEY-BUZZARD. 



Pernis apivorus. 



PKRNIS, Cuvierj-. 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 lores closely covered with small scale-like feathers. Wings 

 long and large ; the first quill-feather short ; the third and fourth feathers the 

 longest ; 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 slender and only slightly curved. 



THE HONEY-BUZZARD is a rare species in this country, 

 and if not exclusively a summer-visitor the fact is mainly 



* Falco apn-orus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 130 (1766). 

 t llegne Animal, i. p. 322 (1817). 

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