234 COMMON BUZZARD. Class II. 



with a thick white down : the ends of the quii 

 feathers are dusky ; their lower exterior sides 

 ash-colored ; their interior sides blotched with 

 darker and lighter, shades of the same. The tail 

 is barred with black and ash-color, and some- 

 times with ferruginous ; the bar next the very 

 tip is black, and the broadest of all ; the tip it- 

 self of a dusky white. The irides are white, 

 tinged with red. The weight of this species is 

 Size. thirty-two ounces : the length twenty-two inches ; 

 the breadth fifty-two. 



" On the continent this bird like the kite is 

 migratory, but we believe does not leave this 

 kingdom. It is very common here and in most 

 parts of Europe, and with some variety in- 

 habits also several districts of North America.'" 

 J. L. 





