Ci^A^sII. MOOH BUZZAHDvH 237 



Falc.o aeruginosas. F. cera vires- Falco aeruginosas. Gm. Lin, jy. Mooit 

 ' cehte, cor|X)re griseo, vertice 267. -..-jsjii . ,->^ Buzzard. 



gala axillis pedibusque luteis. Hoens-tjuf. Faun. Suec'spi; 



Lath. Lid. orn. 25. id- Syn. i. 6Q. , ;, 



53. id. Sup. i. 15. Pojana rossa. Ziria?*, 83. 



Le fau-Perdrieux. Bdon aV' Le Busard de marais. Brisson 

 • ll'*^)'; tO'^T^^i^ £ - ""• i-^OI. Jlist. d'Ois. i. 



Circus Acciprter. Gesner av. 218- PI. Enl. 423 i 424. 



4^. ' ' ■ Schwartz-brauner Fisch-Gey- 



Miiyus seruginosus. Aid. av. i, er mit dem gelben Kopf, 

 ,. 203. Frisch. I. 77_ 



Moor Buzzard. TFil. orn- 75. Hoense Hoeg. Brunnich p. 5. 



LiaiiSyn. av. 17. ^ Br. Zool. 67. Tab- A. 5. ArcL 



Brauner rohr Geyer. Kram. 328. Zool i, 261. 



species frequents moors, marshy places, 

 and heaths ; it never soars like other hawks, 

 but commonly sits on the ground, or on small 

 bushes : it makes its nest in the midst of a tuft 

 of grass or rushes : we have found three young 

 ones in it, but never happened to meet with the 

 eggs*: it is a very fierce and voracious bird, 

 and is a great destroyer of rabbets, young wild 

 ducks I, and other v*ater fowl... , It ^^Iso. preys, 

 like the Osprey, upon fish. "' 9'?3£l'r? ya^ sKh;: 



* The eggs, in general four or five In number, are of a plain 

 white color. The Moor Buzzard will sometimes build its nest 

 in the fork of a large tree ; but the instance is rare. J. L. 



^ In some places it is called the drick hav^k. 



This 



