66 CLASS AVES. 



It is also the F. communis, E. albus, Frisch. t. 80 ; the 

 F. montanus, B. ; F. griseiis, and the F. Bohemicus, 

 Gm. 



The Grenouillard, Vaill. O. A. t. 23, F, ranivorous, 

 Shaw, is only the Buzzard; as is also the Circus 

 Hudsonius of Viellot^ American Birds, t. 9. F. Hud- 

 sonius, Lin. Edw. t. 107, is, perhaps, a variety of the 

 common Bnzzard, not ascertained for certain; and 

 when young, F. uliginosus, Gmel. Wils. t. f. 



Colonel Montague first made this observation, and 

 united them together under the name of F". cyaneus, 

 adopted by Temminck. Found also in America. 

 Called the Marsh Hawk, F. uliginosus, Wilson, 

 t. 51, f. 1, Bonaparte, A. O. t 1 1, f. 1. 



The Harpy, or Moor Buzzard. (F. rufus, Lin.) Enl. 460, 

 (not 470.) 



Brownish and red ; the tail and the primary quills of 

 the wings ashy. The Buzzard, (F. ceniginosus, Gm.) 

 Enl. 424 ; brown, with bright yellow on the head and 

 breast ; is the same bird at a year old. This bird 

 generally resides near water, and preys on reptiles. 



Montague Buzzard. F. cineraceus, Mont. Orn. 



Diet. t. (J ; Gal. Ois. t. 13; Naum. Voy. iv. t. 21, 



jun. 

 Confounded with the Hen Harrier, but the wings 

 reach to the end of the tail, and the third quill is the 

 longest. 



The exotic species are 



