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Rapaces — Diurnae. 

 FALCONIDuF. 



Genus Falco. (Linnaeus.) 

 Sub-genus Buteo. fCuvier.J 



AFRICAN BUZZARD. 



Falco tachardus. 



Falco tachardus, Daudin ; Tr. d'Orn ii, p. 164. 



Buteo tachardus, Vieillot; Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x, 



p. 479. 

 Buteo capensis, Schlegel; Fauu. Jap. 



Le tachard, Le Vaillant; Hist. Nat. des 



Ois., d'Afrique, p. 82, pi. 19. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage of upper parts dark brown; under 

 parts whitish, spotted with brown. Tarsi clothed in front on their 

 upper thirds. 



Measurement of adult specimen in the Norwich Museum. — Length 

 seventeen inches and three quarters; from carpus to tip of wing 

 fourteen inches and a half; tarsus three inches. 



This is another bird which I introduce into the 

 European list, upon the authority of Mr. J. H. Gurney, 

 who has two specimens from the mouths of the Volga, 

 in his collection. 



Mr. Gurney considers that there is no specific differ- 



