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The Buzzard. 
hoys of (ho villajje, thoir appeal hoing invariably " Please 
sii', iiuiy 1 it to ' Buzzy ' ? " 
Food is taken fi'oni tlie liatid of anyliody, hut her head 
and Iwca-^t may he stroked only hy her own personal friends. 
A loud howl - I'ather like the " miau " of a cat, proceeds from 
" Huzz\ " when her dinner-time draws near, the howls in- 
creasing in volume as she sees the food-dish approaching. 
Hei' Majesty expects the dish to he handed to her and she 
then selects a likely piece of meat and carries it off. Water 
in a large shallow bath is used for drinking and bathing, for 
" Buzzy " is fond of her bath. 
She has had many companions during her sojourn with 
me; Kestrels, Merlins, Black Vultures, C'aracaras, Buzzards, 
etc., hut hei' especial friend was an Iceland Gyr-Falcon. 
They wouUl sit side hy side in perfect content, and not even 
birds of her own kind— the Buzzards— could woo or win her 
fi-om her devoted pal, the Gyr-Falcon. 
She now reigns alone and allows no other l)ii-d to 
violate her neutrality. Every spi-ing she collects sticks and 
straws, whifh I scatter about the run, and builds a nest in 
the coi'nci' of her aviary, hut she has never evinced any real 
desire to enter seriously into the duties of housekeeping. 
