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The testimony of various observers therefore goes to prove that this Buzzard is a bird of solitary habit, 

 straying about alone, and usually so intent on securing the various prey on which it exists, that it is any thing 

 but a shy bird. 



Nidifi cation. — I am unable to give my readers any information on the breeding of this Buzzard. In these 

 days of ornithological research the day is doubtless not far distant when it will be discovered nesting in the 

 Himalayas, or its breeding-haunts in the comparatively unknown regions of Central Asia penetrated by some 

 adventurous explorer. 



Subfam. AQUILINE. 



Bill variable, usually lengthened and straight at the base ; but in some (smaller genera) 

 more curved and shorter, the margin festooned. Wings generally long ; the 4th quill usually the 

 longest, in some the 3rd and 4th, and in others the 4th and 5th. Tarsus less than the tibia by 

 more than the length of the hind claw, but more than half its length ; in some feathered entirely 

 to the toes, in others partially, with the hinder portion always reticulate. 



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