Jia 
Rapaces—Diurne. 
FALCONID 4. 
Genus—Fatco. (Linneus.) 
Sub-genus—Buteo. ( Cuvier.) 
AFRICAN BUZZARD. 
Falco tachardus. 
Falco tachardus, Davpin; Tr. d’Orn i, p. 164. 
Buteo tachardus, Vie1LLoT; Dict. d’Hist. Nat. x., 
p. 479. 
Buteo capensis, ScHLEGEL; Faun. Jap. 
Le tachard, Le Varttant; Hist, Nat., des 
Ois., d’Afrique, p. 82., pl. 19. 
Specific Characters.—Plumage of upper parts dark brown; under 
parts whitish, spotted with brown. Tarsi clothed in front on their 
upper thirds. 
Measurement of adult specimen in the Norwich Museum.—Length 
seventeen inches and three-quarters; from carpus to tip of wing 
fourteen inches and a half; tarsus three inches. 
Tuis is another bird which I introduce into the 
European list, upon the authority of Mr. J. H. Gurney, 
who has two specimens from the mouths of the Volga, 
in his collection. 
Mr. Gurney considers that there is no specific differ- 
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