7 % 0<F{S\£lTHOLOgr* Book II. 



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The 'Honey-Buzzard. 



Th&Bignefs, FjOr bignefs it equals or exceeds the common Buzzard, is alfo like it in figure or 

 weight, J*"* fhape of body, unlets perchance if be fomewhat longer. It weighed thirty one 

 Dmienfions. ounces> The length from Bill-point to Tail-end was twenty three Inches, to the points 

 ' of the Talons not more than nineteen. Its breadth or the diftance between the ends 

 . TheBeak. *of the Wings ipread fifty two Incjies. Its beak from the tip to the Angles of the 

 mouth was an inch and half long, black, and very hooked, bunching out between 

 the nofthrils and the head : The Balis of the upper Chap covered with a thick, rug- 

 ged, black skin beyond the Nofthrils, which are not exactly round, but long and 

 The Mouth, bending. The mouth, when gaping, very wide and yellow., The Angle of the lower 

 The Eyes. Chap, a? in other Hawks, femicircular. Trie hides oftrTe^Hyes of a lovely bright 



yellow dk Saffron colour. * ^^ ! 



The Head. The ffiad is aih-coloured : The Crown flat, broad, narrow toward the Beak. The 



Colou . bottoms of the Plumage in the head and back white, which is worthy the noting, be- 



caufe it is common with this to many other Hawks. The back is of a ferrugineous co- 



The Rmigts. lour j- or rather a Moufe-dun. ] The tips of the flag-feathers, as alfo thofe of the fe- 



cond and third rows in the wings white. The Wings when clofed reach not to the end 



The Tail. of the tail. The number of fl£ags in each Wing twenty four. The Tail confifts of 



twelve feathers, near a foot long, variegated with tjanlverfe oblcure and lucid^ or 



blackiih and whitifbfpaces, rings, or bars. The very 'tips of the feathers are white, 



below the white is a crofs black line •-, under that a broad dun or afh-coloured fpace or 



bed ( the like whereto alfo crolTes the wings, whicfe\difler not much from the tail in 



colour.) ^ • 



The colou- As for the lower fide of the body, the feafhers-trnder the chin and tail are white 5 



°art he l0WC tne Drea ft an ^ De % a ^° white, (potted with black fpots, drawn downward from the 



head toward the tail. 

 The Feet and The Legs are feathered down fomewhat below the knee, ihort, (Iron?, yellow, as 

 Talons. are a jf Q ^ f eet< The Talons, long, ftrong, fharp, and black. 



The Guts and The Guts iKorter than in the former : The * Appendices thick and ihort. In the fto- 



*BhndGuts. macn anc * g ut5 . t °* tnat ^ e differed we found ahu^e number of green Caterpillars 



of that fort cafied Geometry many alfo of the common green Caterpillars and 



others. 



The Nell. _ It builds its Neft of fmall twigs, laying upon them wool, and upon the wool its 



Eggs. We law onetfhat made ufe of an old-Kites Neft to breed in, and that fed its 



* wafp-Mag- Young with the * Nymphs of Waips : For in the Neft we found the Combs of Wafps 



ftTfood ^ 5 ' Nefts, and in theftomachs of the Young the limbs and fragments of Wafy-Maggots. 



The Young. **£Therewerein the Neft only two young ones, covered with a white Down, fpotted 



with black. Their Feet were of a pale yellow, their Bills between the Nofthrils and 



Foodi the*head white. Their Craws large, in which were LijJfrds, Frogs, ckc. In the Crop 



of one, of them we found two Lizards entire, withnheir heads lying towards the 



, birds mouth, as if they fought to creep out. *• . r' 



This Bird runs very fwiftly like a Hen. The Female/as inthe^eft of the Rapaci- ' 

 ous kind is in all dimenfions greater than the Male. i ) 



Kow it differs It differs from the common Buzzard, 1. In having a longer tail. 2. An aih-coloured 

 EuSard? head - £ ^ he I rides °L& e Eves yellow. 4. Thicker and ihorter feet. 5. In the 

 .broad trahfverle dun becls or ftroaks in the w*pgs and tails which are about three 

 inches broad. . 



Tne,Eggsof this Fowl are cinereous marked with darker fpots. 

 It hath not as yet (that we know of) been defcribed by any Writer, though it be 

 frequent enough with us. 



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uf'ike. Ring-tail, the Male whereof fr called thenenharrier. 



its Weighs ^^He Female, though lean, weighed fixteen ounces. From the point of the Beak 

 tength, I to the end of the tail, it was by meafure twenty inches long : From tip to tip 



Beak. f the wings extended was forty five inches. The Bill from the jjp to the corners of 



the 



