RAP TORES. 
TONEY BUZZARD. 91 
FALCONID:. 
THE HONEY BUZZARD. 
Pernis apivorus. 
Falco apivorus, Honey Buzzard, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 255. 
39 
bb] 
Pernis 
99 
Buteo 
Pernis 
Falco 
PERNIS. 
99 
ey) 
99 
59 
99 
3 
99 
bk} 
py) 
” 
Mont. Ornith. Dict. 
Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 24. 
Fie. Brit. An. p. 52. 
Sexsy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p 62. 
Jzunyns, Brit. Vert. p. 88. 
GouLp, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 
Buse Bondrée, TMM. Man, d’Ornith. vol. 1. p. 67. 
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, halfplumed, the rest reticulated ; toes of moderate length and 
strength ; the claws only slightly curved. 
