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The young, during the first year, or previous to the first 
general moult, have the cere and iris brown, and the head 
spotted with white and brown. 
The Honey Buzzard preys upon moles, mice, and small Food. 
birds, and on lizards and insects, particularly wasps, bees, 
and their larvee, which should appear to be their favourite 
food. 
Wit.ovucuey describes a nest of this bird, in which he 
found the limbs of wasps, and fragments of the nymphez in 
the stomachs of the young ones, whose craws contained also 
several lizards and frogs. 
Its flight is easy and graceful, and it is frequently seen near Flight. 
pieces of water, on account of the Libellula, and other aqua- 
tic insects. 
It breeds in lofty trees, forming a nest of twigs, lined with Nest, &c. 
wool, and other soft materials. 
The eggs are small, in proportion to the size of the bird, 
of a yellowish-white, marked with numerous spots and stains 
of reddish-brown, sometimes so confluent as to make them 
appear almost entirely brown. 
It is a native of eastern climes, and, according to TEM- Foreign lo- 
MINCK, is as rare in Holland as in England. In the south SLi 
of France it is more abundant, but migratory. 
Piate 8. Figure of the natural size. 
Bill bluish-black. Cere greenish-grey. Irides yellow. ‘The General 
space between the eyes and bill covered with small, ere : 
round, and closely-set feathers. Crown of the head 
clove-brown, tinged with bluish-grey. Upper parts um- 
ber-brown, more or less varied, and edged with clove 
and yellowish brown. Throat yellowish-white, with a 
few brown streaks down the shafts of the feathers. Un- 
der parts yellowish-white, occasionally tinged with buff- 
orange ; with bars and triangular spots of chesnut-brown. 
Tail long, umber-brown, with three blackish-brown bars. 
Feet and tarsi yellow, reticulated, and feathered a little below 
the-knee. Claws black, and not much hooked. 
