190 
56. Honey 
BuZZARD. 
DeEscrIP. 
1 ee ee 
HONEY BUZZARD Crass Il. 
Size ofa buzzard: bill black; cere and legs yel- 
low: irides pale yellow: crown, and hind part of 
the neck white, {potted with light reddifh brown: 
back and fcapulars of the fame color edeed with 
white. Quil feathers dufky barred with ath color. 
Under fide of the neck, breaft, belly, and thighs, 
white; the firft, alfo the beginning of the breaft 
marked with a few rufty {pots : rump white: mid- 
die feathers of the tail barred with white, and a 
deep brown: the others. with a lighter and dark- 
er brown. The legs very ftrong. 
Le Goiran, ou Bondrée. Be- La Bondrée. Brifon av. i 
lon av. 1Ol. 410. Hif?. d’Oys. I. 208. 
Ald. av. 1. 191. Zinan. 84. 
Honey-Buzzard. Wil. orn.72. Br. Zool. 67. Tab. A. 4. A*. 
Raii fyn. av. 16. 4. Pl. Enl, 420 
Froich-geyerl. Kram. 331. | Mufe-Hoeg, Mufe-Baage, 
Falco Apivorus. Lin. /y/?. 130. Brunnich p. 5. 
Slag-hok. Faun. Suec. /p. 65. 
Tia. weight of this fpecies is thirty oun- 
the length twenty-three inches: the 
readth fifty-two: the bill and cere are black; 
e latter much Sorcr the irides of a fine yel- 
low : the crown of the head afh-colored: the neck, 
back, fcapulars, and covert feathers of the wings, 
are of a deep brown: the chin is white; the breaft 
and belly of the fame color, marked with dufky 
{pots pointing downwards. The tail is lone, of a 
dull 
