ClafsII. COMMON BUZZARD. 143 



XII. The Common BUZZARD, 



Le Bufe, ou Bufard. Be'hn a^v. Common Buzzard, or Puttock, 



100. Wil. orn, 70. 



Buteo. Ge/ner. a'v. /^6. Wald Geyer. Kram 2,'2-9- 



Bufharda Turneri. Falco buteo. Lin./yfi. izj. 



Buteo, feu Triorches. Jld. a'v. I. Quidfogel. Faun. Suec. /p. 60. 



I go. La Bufe. Brijfon a%i. I. 406. 



Triorches, Buteo. Plinii lib. io. Pojana, Zinan. 85. 



c. 7. Br. Zool. 66. Tab. A. 3. 



Raiijyn.a-v. 16. Oerne Falk. BrunnUh ^. ^. 



HIS bird is the commoneft of the hawk kind 

 we have in England. It breeds in large woods, 

 and ufually builds on an old crow's nefl, vv'hich it en- 

 laroes and lines with wool, and other loft materials : 

 it lays two or three eggs, which are fometimes wholly 

 white ; fometimes fpotted with yellow. The cock 

 buzzard will hat<:h and bring up the young, if the > 



hen is killed *. The young conforc with the old 

 ones for fome little tim.e after they quit the neft ; 

 which is not ufual with other birds of prey, who al- 

 ways drive away their brood as foon as they can fly. 

 This fpecies is very iluggifn and inadlive •, and is 

 much lefs in motion than other hawks, remaining 

 perched on the fame bough for the greatell part of 

 the day, and is found at mod times near the fame 

 place. It feeds on birds, rabbets, moles and mice ; 

 it will alfo eat frogs, earth-worms and infeds. This -q^q^^ 

 bird is fubjedl to fome variety in its colors : we have 



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