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COMMON BUZZARD. 



Falco Buteo. JF. supra fusco ferrugineoque subtus albo fer- 



rugineoque varius, cera pedibusque luteis, cauda fusco fasciata. 

 Buzzard varied above with brown and ferruginous, beneath 



with white and ferruginous, with luteous cere and legs, and 



tail banded with brown. 

 Falco Buteo. F. cera pedibusque luteis, corpore fusco, abdomine 



pallida macidisfuscis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Common Buzzard, or Puttock. Will. orn. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



The Buzzard, like the Kite, is so well known in 

 England as to require no very elaborate description. 

 Its size exceeds that of a Kite, the body being of 

 a heavier or thicker form: its general length is 

 about one foot eight inches, and its breadth four 

 feet and a half: the bill is lead-colour^ the cere and 

 legs yellow : in colour the Buzzard is apt to vary 

 considerably, but is usually of a ferruginous brown 

 above, and yellowish white beneath, with large 

 longitudinal brown spots and dashes: the middle 

 of the back, as in the Kite, is covered merely with 

 a thick white down : the larger wing-feathers are 

 blotched internally with dull white and. brown 

 bars, and the tail is marked with cinereous and 

 dusky, or ferruginous bars, that next the tip being 

 broader and darker than the rest. 



The Buzzard is well figured both in the folio 

 and smaller editions Of the British Zoology. It 

 is supposed to be the most common in this country 

 of all the Hawk tribe, breeding in woods, and 

 usually building in some old crow's nest, whick 



