234: COMMON BUZZARD. Class II. 



with a thick white down : the ends of the qui! 

 feathers are dusky ; their lower exterior sides 

 ,^^,t)y ,^ ash-colored; their interior sides blotched with 

 r^. •' '- darker and lighter shades of the same. The tail 

 is barred with black and ash-color, and some- 

 times with ferruginous ; the bar next the very 

 tip is black, and the broadest of all ; the tip it- 

 self of a dusky white. The irides are white, 

 tinged with red. The weight of this species is 

 Size. thirty-two ounces : the length twenty-two inches ; 



the breadth fifty-two. 



„,,..r " On the continent this bird like the kite is 



' migratory, but we believe does not leave this 



kingdom. It is very common here and in most 



parts of Europe^ and with some variety in- 



- ■ ' ' habits also several districts of North America ^ 



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