23f COMMON BUZZARD. CtAss it^ 



found in one kite's nest, as well as many frogs, 

 and unfledged birds. The species extends to 

 Africa, and is not unGOinmon in various parts 

 of India. We are of opinion that this and 

 the Barbary kite is one and the same, as it is 

 well known that the common species passes al- 

 ternately, spring and autumn, from Andalusia 

 in Spai?! to the coast of Barbary, being there 

 migratory, but it certainly is to be seen in En" 

 ^/czw6? in all seasons." J. L. vf- ' : - . i 



15. Buzzard. FalcoButeo. F. cera pedibusque Common Buzzard, or Pilttock. 

 luteis, corpore fusco, abdo- Wil. orn. 70. 



mine pallido maculis fuscis, Wald Geyer. Kram. 329- 



Cauda fusco fasciata. Lath. Falco Buteo. Gm. Lin. 2Q0. 



',^,,,, ■ Ind. orn. 23. id. Syn.\. A%. id. Quidfogel. Faun. Suec sp. 



Slip. i. 14. 60. 



' Le Buse, ou Busard. Beloti au. La Buse. Brisson av. I. 406_ 



100. Hist. dOis. I. 206. PI Eni. 



Buteo. Gesner. av. 46. 4lQ. ■. ^i;,.!;'-: -vf--,? 



Busharda Turneri. Pojana. Zinan. 85. Scopoli 

 Buteo, seuTriorches. Aid. av. I. No. 4. 



190. Br. Zool m. Tab. A- 3. Arct- 

 Triorches, Buteo. Pliniilib.x. Zool. i. 241. 



^ c. 7. , .. Oerne Falk. Brunnich p. 5. 



J?aiz (S^/K. av. 1 6. ■ -"■' •^>. 



J- HIS bird is the commonest of the hawk 

 kind we have in England. It breeds in large 

 woods, and usually builds on an old crow's nest, 

 which it enlarges and lines with wool, and other 



