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CATALOGUE. 
V. BUTEONIN^. 
Genus Buteo, Cuv., Anat. Comp. 1, Tab. Sec. CI des Ois. 
(1799). 
BuTEOGALLTis, Less., Tr. d'Orn. p. 83 (1831). 
P^ciLOPTERNis, Kaup, Isis (1847), p. 329. 
70. BUTEO AUGUR, Rilppell Sp. 
Falco augur, Riipp., Faun. Ahyss. p. 38, t. 16. 
Buteo augur, Kaup, 3fus. SencJcenh. (1845), p. 261. O. 
B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. ^. 11 ; Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
p. 33. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 19. 
Falco hydrophilus, Bilpp., Faun. Ahyss. p. 39, t, 17. 
The N. African Buzzard. 
Gedakede, Abyssinia, Biippell. 
Goodie Goodie, Abyssinia, Salt. 
A. B. Abyssinia. From Sir W. Harris's Collection. 
Dr. Eiippell explains the specific name of this bird in the follow- 
ing remarks on its habits. " The principal nourishment of this 
Falcon consists of small birds and bats; the latter it pursues 
chiefly on their being roused from their retreats by conflagrations of 
dry grass plains, or by the noise occasioned by the march of large 
masses of men ; and they have frequently been observed to soar 
aloft before (yorausclieveben) armies or caravans. This has, probably, 
been the cause that the Abyssinians ascribe to the Buteo augur a 
peculiar gift of prognostication {prognostications guha, the faculty of 
augury) which has already been recorded by Salt. But the assertion 
of that author, that the inhabitants will not allow one of these birds 
to be killed, is not confirmed by my personal observation." — (Eiip- 
pell, Faun. Abyssinica, p. 38.) 
" The Abyssinians entertain a singular superstition respecting 
this bird. When they set out on a journey and meet with one of 
them, they watch it very carefully, and draw good or bad omens 
from its motions. If it sit still, with its breast towards them until 
they have passed, it is a peculiarly good sign, and everything is 
expected to go on well during the course of the journey. If its 
back be turned towards them, it is considered an unpropitious sign, 
but not sufiiciently so as to create alarm ; but if it should fly away 
hastily on their approach, some of the most superstitious among 
