^LASs li. HONEY BUZZARD. ^33 



Falco apivorus. F. cera nigra, Frosch-geyerl. Kram. 331. iS. Honey 



pedibus seminudis flavis, ca- Falco apivorus. Gw. iiw- 267. 



pite cinereo, caudse fascia ci- Slag-hok. Faun. Suec sp. 65. 



nerea, apice albo. Lalh. Ind. La Bondree. Brisson av. i. 



cm. 25. id. Syn. i. 52. id. Sup. 410. Hist. d'Ois. I. 208. 



i. 14. PI- Eld. 420. 



Le Goiran, ou Bondree. Belon Zinan, 84. 



av. 101. Br. Zool. 67. Tab. A. 4. A* 



^W. av. i. 191. 4. ^7-c/;. Zool. i. 26O. 



Honey-Buzzard. /FzY. orn. 72. Muse-Hoeg, Muse-Baage^ 



J?a22 Syn. av. 16. Brunnich p. 5- 



XHE weight of this species is thirty ounces : Descrip- 

 the length twenty-three inches; the breadth 

 fifty-two. The bill and cere are black ; the lat- 

 ter much wrinkled: the irides of a fine yellow: 

 the cro\\Ti of the head ash-colored : the neck, 

 back, scapulars, and covert feathers of the 

 wings, are of a deep brown : the chin is white ; 

 the breast and belly of the same color, marked 

 with dusky spots pointing downwards. The 

 tail is long, of a dull brown color, marked with 

 three broad dusky bars ; between each of which 

 are two or three of the same color, but narrow- 

 er. The legs are short, strong, and thick, and 

 of a dull yellow : the claws large and black. 



After the publication of the folio Zoology^ 

 Mr. FlxjinUy favored us with a variety of this 

 species, engraved in the additional plates, sup- 



