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The Honey Bnzzard. 



J ^ Numb. II. 



ITS Length from the point of the Beak to the end of the Tail was 23 Inche» 

 Diftance, between the Wings when expanded was 52 Inches, Weight 33 Ounces. 

 Its Beak from the Point to the Angles of the Mouth was an Inch and a half long, 

 black, and very hooked, bunching out between the Noflrils and the Head j the Bafis of the 

 upper Chap cover'd with a thick, rugged, black Skin beyond the Noftrils, which arc 

 not exadly round, but long and bending ; the Mouth when gaping, very wide and yellow ; 

 the Angle of the lower Chap, as in other Hawks, femicircular ; the Irides of the Eyes 

 of a lovely yellow : The Head is of a Light-brown, or Moufe-colour ; the Crown 

 flat, broad, narrow toward the Beak; the Back and Wings are of a ferrugineous Co- 

 lour (or Moufe-dun :) The Wings when clos'd reach not to the end of the Tail ; the 

 Number of flag Feathers in each Wing are 24, the Tail is made up of 12 Feathers near 

 12 Inches long. 



The Chin, Breaft, Belly, Thighs and under fide of the Tail are of a pale dun, inclin- 

 i-ng to white, with tranfverfe Bars of a deeper yellowiih Shade, excepting the Tail, 

 which is plain without Bars. 



The Legs are feather'd down fomewhat below the Knees, fhort, ftrong and yellow, 

 as are alfo the Feet ; the Talons long, ftrong, fharp and black : The Guts fhorter than 

 thofe in the common Buzzard, the blind Guts thick and (hort : In the Stomach was found 

 a great Number of green Caterpillars, call'd hoopers, as were alfo feveral common Cater- 

 pillars, and others of the Infedt Kind. It builds its Ncft of fmall Twigs, laying on 

 them Wool, and upon the Wool its Eggs : Some of them have been found to make ufe 

 of an old Neft of a Kite to breed in, feeding their Young with the Nympha ofWafps^ 

 the Combs of the Wafps being found in the aforefaid Nefts, in which were two young 

 Ones covered with a white down, fpottcd with black, their Feet of a pale yellow, their 

 Bills between the Noflrils and the Head white, their Craws large ; in the Crops were 

 found Lizards, Frogs, &c. In one of them were found two Lizards intire, with their 

 Heads towards the Bird's Mouth, as if they fought to creep out. 



This Bird runs very fwiftly like a Hen, the Female being larger than the Male, which 

 is common in thofe of the rapacious Kind. 



The Eggs of this Fowl are cinereous, mark'd with darker Spots. 



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