TION. 



Class II. HONEY BUZZARD. 135 



Falco apivoms. F. cera nigra, Frosch-geyerl. Kram. 331. 1 6. Honey 



pedibus seminudis flavis, ca- Falco apivorus. Gm. Lin. 267. 



pite cinereo, caudae 'fascia ci- Slag-hok. Faun. Suec sp. 65. 



nerea, apice albo. Lath. Ind. La Bondree. Brisson av. i. 



orn. 25. id. Syn. i. 52. id. Sup. 410. Hist. d'Ois. I. 208. 



i. 14. PI. Enl 420. 



Le Goiran, ou Bondree. Belon Zinan. 84. 



av. 101. Br. Zool. 67. Tab. A. 4. A* 



Aid. av. i. lgi. 4. ^f»-c/. Zoo/, i. 260. 



Honey-Buzzard. Wil orn. 72. Muse-Hoeg, Muse-Baage, 



Rail Syn- av. \6- Brunnich p. 5. 



_LHE weight of this species is thirty ounces: Descrip- 

 the length twenty-three inches; the breadth 

 fifty-two. The bill and cere are black ; the lat- 

 ter much wrinkled : the irides of a fine yellow : 

 the crown of the head ash-colored : the neck, 

 back, scapulars, and covert feathers of the 

 wings, are of a deep brown : the chin is white ; 

 the breast and belly of the same color, marked 

 with dusky spots pointing downwards. The 

 tail is long, of a dull brown color, marked with 

 three broad dusky bars ; between each of which 

 are two or three of the same color, but narrow- 

 er. The legs are short, strong, and thick, and 

 of a dull yellow : the claws large and black. 



After the publication of the folio Zoology, 

 Mr. PJymley favored us with a variety of this 

 species, engraved in the additional plates, sup- 



