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COMMON BUZZARD. Class II. 



found in one kite's nest, as well as many frogs, 

 and unfledged birds. The species extends to 

 Africa, and is not uncommon in various parts 

 of India. We are of opinion that this and 

 the Barbary kite is one and the same, as it is 

 well known that the common species passes al- 

 ternately, spring and autumn, from Andalusia 

 in Spain to the coast of Barbary, being there 

 migratory, but it certainly is to be seen in En- 

 gland in all seasons." J. L. 



15. Buzzard. FalcoButeo. F. cera pedibusque 

 luteis, corpore fusco, abdo 

 mine pallido maculis fuscis, 

 cauda fusco fasciata. Lath- 

 Ind. orn- 23. id- Syn- i. 48- id. 

 Sup. i. 14. 



Le Buse, ou Busard. Belon av. 

 100. 



Buteo. Gesner. av. 46- 



Busharda Turneri. 



Buteo, seu Triorches. Aid- av. I. 

 190. 



Triorches, Buteo. Plinii lih. x. 

 c. 7- 



Raii Syn. av. 16. 



Common Buzzard, or Puttock. 



Wil. orn. 70- 

 Wald Geyer. Kram. 329- 

 Falco Buteo. Gm. Lin. 265. 

 Quidfogel. Faun- Suec sp. 



60. 

 La Buse. Brisso?i av. I. 406. 



Hist. (TOis. I. 206- PL Enl. 



419. 

 Pojana. Zinan- 85- Scopoli 



No. 4. 

 Br. Zoo!. 66. Tab. A. 3- Arct- 



Zool. i. 241. 

 Oerne Falk. Brunnich p. 5. 



JLHIS bird is the commonest of the hawk 

 kind we have in England. It breeds in large 

 woods, and usually builds on an old crow's nest, 

 which it enlarges and lines with wool, and other 



