Class II. 



MOOR BUZZARD. 



237 



Falco serugiaosus. F. cera vires- 



cente, corpore griseo, vertice 



gula axillis pedibusque luteis. 



Lath. Ind. orn. 25. id. Syn. i. 



53. id. Sup. i. 15. 

 Le fau-Perdrieux. Belon av. 



114. 

 Circus Accipiter. Gesner av. 



49. 

 Milvus aeruginosus. Aid- av. i. 



203. 

 Moor Buzzard. Wil. orn- 75. 

 Rati Syn. av- 17. 

 JBrauner rohr Geyer. Kram. 328. 



Falco aeruginosas. Gin. Lin. 



267. 

 Iloens-tjuf. Faun. Suec. sp. 



66. 

 Pojana rossa. Zinan. 83. 

 Le Busard de marais. Brisson 



av. i. 401. Hist. d'Ois. i. 



218. PI. Enl 423 ? 424. 

 Schwartz-brauner Fisch-Gey- 



er mit dem gelben Kopf. 



Frisch. I. 77. 

 Hoense Hoeg. Brunnich p. 5. 

 Br. Zool. 67- Tab. A. 5. Arct. 



Zool i. 261. 



17. Moor 

 Buzzard* 



A. HIS species frequents moors, marshy places, 

 and heaths ; it never soars like other hawks, 

 but commonly sits on the ground, or on small 

 bushes : it makes its nest in the midst of a tuft 

 of grass or rushes : we have found three young 

 ones in it, but never happened to meet with the 

 eggs # : it is a very fierce and voracious bird, 

 and is a great destroyer of rabbets, young wild 

 ducks f, and other water fowl. It also preys, 

 like the Osprey, upon fish. 



* The eggs, in general four or five in number, are of a plain 

 white color. The Moor Buzzard will sometimes build its nest 

 in the fork of a large tree ; but the instance is rare. J. L. 



•J" In some places it is called the duck hawk. 



