CLASS II. AVES: ORDER 1. RAPTORES, 



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THE COMMON BDZZAIID OF EUROPE. 



The Falco albidus, and jF. versicolor, are varieties of the Common Buzzard. 



The following additional foreign species are from the catalogue of the British Museum : The 

 African Buzzard, B. tachardus ; the Long-legged Buzzard, B. rufinus ; the Jackal Falcon, 

 B, jackal ; the North African Buzzard, B. augur ; the Half-booted Buzzard, B. plumipes ; 

 the Red-backed Buzzard, B. erj/fhronofus ; the Banded-sided Hawk, B. jjferoclcs; the White- 

 spotted Buzzard, B. albonotatus ; the White-faced Buzzard, B. Icucojjs ; the Equinoctial 

 Eagle, B. equinoctialis ; the Pamena Eagle, B.nigricollis ; the Streaked Falcon, B.mclanops ; 

 the AVhite-necked Falcon, B. albicollis ; the Brazilian Buzzard,^, scotopterus ; the Gray- 

 backed Buzzard, B. p>oUonotus, and B. busarellus. 



The American Buzzard, or Red-tailed Haw^k, B. borealis, is twentv-two inches long, makes its 

 nest in high trees, lays four eggs of a dark white, blotched with brown ; upper parts dark umber 

 brown ; lower parts fawn-color. It inhabits the whole United States, and remains through the 

 winter in Pennsylvania. It feeds on birds and small quadrupeds, and frequently carries off hens 

 and chickens from the poultry-yard. 



The Western Buzzard, B. Sivalnsoni, or B. monfanus, resembles the preceding, but is rather 

 larger, and has wider wings; length twenty-three to twenty-six inches; found in the Rocky 

 Mountains, Oregon, Wisconsin, Missouri, &c. 



The Red-shouldered Hawk, or Winter Falcon, B. lineatus, is smaller than the preceding ; 

 the upper parts are brown, under parts rufous ; tail brownish-black, with transverse bands of 

 white ; length twenty-two to twenty-four inches ; found in California, Wisconsin, and South Carolina. 



Other American species are as follows: the B. Bairclii, found in Wisconsin; the Broad- 

 winged Hawk, or Broad-winged Buzzard, B. Pennsylimnicus, Falco latissimus of Wilson — a 

 handsome species, found sparsely in the Middle States, and more abundantly in Wisconsin ; Harlan's 



