KirTEs. RAPACES. FALCQ. 17 
Germany. In Russia it is not common, and is rare in Hol- 
land. 
Upon the Continent, it generally migrates in autumn ; but 
it remains with us through the whole year. 
The figure represented in Piate 5. is from a female bird, 
of middle age, and in the proportion of three-fifths of 
the natural size. 
Bill yellowish-brown at the base, towards the tip blackish- General 
brown. Cere and irides king’s-yellow. Head and neck ae 
greyish-white, streaked with lines of dusky-black, occu- 
pying the centre of the feathers, which are narrow, and 
sharp-pointed. Upper parts of the body and wing co- 
verts reddish-orange, the middle of the feathers brown- 
ish-black, the edges buff-orange. 
Breast, belly and thighs reddish-orange, with streaks of 
brownish-black. Vent and under tail-coverts plain red- 
dish-orange. : 
Tail long, and deeply forked, reddish-orange, with the tips of 
the feathers reddish-white. Under side of the tail red- 
dish-white, barred with blackish-brown. Primary quills 
brownish-black ; the secondary ones blackish-brown, pas- 
sing into blackish-grey. Thighs adorned with long 
plumes. The tarsi short and scaled, of a Dutch-orange 
colour. Claws bluish-black, and not much hooked. 
SECTION III.—BUZZARDS, 
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS. 
Bill bending immediately from the base. Wings not so 
_long as the tail, and the first four feathers notched near their 
tips. First quill feather very short, and the fourth the long- 
.est. Thigh feathers long and pendent. Tarsi short, and 
claws not much hooked. 
In disposition sluggish and inactive, and destitute of the 
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