BIRDS* RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 497 



By 5. Jamaica Buzzard. — 53. Falco jamaicenfis. 74. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the body is of a brownifh buff or cream colour, the un- 

 der parts being fpotted with a paler colour, and the crown of the head is pale. 



F. jamakenfis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 24. n. 49. — Jamaica Buzzard. Lath. fyn. i. 49. n. 30. 



Inhabits, though rare, in Jamaica. — This is a beautiful bird, about the fize of, and having a general 

 refemblance to the Common Buzzard, but with fhort legs : The bill and claws are black ; the irides 

 are yellow ; the fhafts of the feathers on the back, and of the tail quills, are brown in the middle. 



§8 6. American Buzzard, — 54. Falco borealis. 75. 



The cere and legs are pale yellow; the body is brown on its upper v and white on its 

 under parts ; the tail is of a pale ruft colour, having a tranfverfe dufky or black nar- 

 row bar near the end. 



F. borealis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 25. n. 50. — American Buzzard. Lath. fyn. i. 50. n. 31. — Red- 

 tailed Falcon. Penn. Arct. zool. ii. 205. n. 100. 



Inhabits North America, particularly Carolina. — Is about the fize of the Common Buzzard : The 

 bill and claws are dufky, or black ; the chin is white, mixed with brown ; the throat, belly, and 

 breaft are paler than the back, or almoft white, the breaft and belly being varied with long brown, 

 longitudinal ftripes, as are the thighs ; the rump is white. 



§9 7„ Rufous Buzzard. — 56. Falco rufus. 77. 



The legs are yellow ; the body is rufous or ruddy, the upper parts having a brownifli 

 tinge ; the tail is afh coloured. 



F. rufus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 25. n. 51. — Circus rufus. BrilT. orn. 115. n. 30. — Ilarpage. BufE 

 oif. i. 217. PI. enl.,n. 460. — Fifchgeyer, Brandgeyer. Frifch. av. t. 78* — Harpy Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 

 51. n. 32. 



Inhabits France and Germany. — Frequents low places, efpecially near the banks of rivers, and preys 

 on fifk: Is about twenty inches long; the bill and. claws are blackilh, and the irides are fafFron co- 

 loured.. 



90 8. Speckled Buzzard. — $j. Falco variegatus. 78. 



The legs are yellow ; the head and neck are whitilh with rufty fpots ; the body is 

 brown above and white beneath ; the tail is dufky brown, with paler bands which 

 crofs each other. 



F. variegatus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 24. n. 48. — Speckled Buzzard. Lath. fyn. i. 97. n, 83. — Buz- 

 zardet. Arc!:, zool. ii. 211. n. 109. 



Inhabits North America. — Is fomewhat more than twelve inches long, and has a general refem- 

 blance to the Common Buzzard ; perhaps it is fcarcely different from the following. 



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