It is very common in grafs fields by the fides of 
woods and hills, fometimes ten or a dozen 
playing together, and now and then taking 
a flight all together till they are quite out of 
fight. 
Fig. 9. White-Spot Swallow-Tail ; the An- 
CHisES, Equites, of Linnsus. The eyes, tho- 
rax, and abdomen, are black. The fupe- 
rior wings are of a fine browniili black, hav- 
inn- one lar2;e white fpot in the middle, which 
begins about the middle of the upper or fee- 
tor edge, crolfes the end of the table-tendon, 
and (entering fome way into the fecond and 
third fan-membranes) ends within half an 
inch of the fan-edge. This fpot is a quarter 
of an inch wide, and near an inch long. The 
inferior wings are alfo of a browniili black, 
having a broad band of red on each wing in a 
■ right line vv^ith each otlier, and croffing the 
abdomen at right-angles. This bar, which 
is about half an inch wide, and near an inch 
long, lies v/ithin a quarter of an inch of the 
lov/er or fan-edge. In feems by the tendons 
to be divided into five parts ; and each part 
being round at the bottom, the whole forms 
a pleafing fcallop. At the end of this bar, 
near the outer corner, is a fmall fpeck of red. 
The under-fide is precifely the fame as the up- 
per, except the body, which is black, embel- 
liflied v/ith twelve deep crimfon-fcarlet fpots ; 
two under the eyes, one on each fide the bot- 
tom of the thorax, and eight on the abdomen, 
placed in pairs. 
The expanfion of the wings is' three inches and 
three-quarters. 
The caterpillar feeds on the orange-trees in al ■ 
moft all parts of America, efpecially in the 
ifland of Jamaica. The fly, which is exceed- 
ingly fwift, frequents fhady places, and is not 
eafiiy followed by the human eye. 
Fig. 10. Purple Hairstreak; the Quercus, 
Plebeii, of Linnsus. The antennas are very 
jftraight, and fpotted with fpecks of white 
from one end to the other. The eyes are 
black; the head, thorax, and abdomen, are 
likewife black, but cloathed with lead-co- 
loured hair. The wings, both fuperior and 
inferior, are of a fine black, except that half 
of the fuperior one next the thorax, which is 
of a moft brilliant and beautiful blue. At 
tlie bottom of the inferior wings, near the 
abdominal corner, there are two fhort tails, 
each about the eighth of an inch long. 
Fig. II, Under-fide. The under-fide is of a 
lead-colour. The fuperior Vv^ing has a v/hite 
line croffing the fan-m.embranes, through the 
wing, and reaching from the feclor-edge to 
the flip or bottom-edge, parallel to the outer 
or fan- edge, at the diftance of about a quar- 
ter of an inch. Between this line and the 
outer-edge there are two bright orange-co- 
loured fpots. The inferior wing has a fimi- 
lar line, but at a greater diftance from the fan- 
edge, and fo as to admit of three orange- 
coloured fpots near the abdominal corne;;, 
each having a fmall black fpeck in the cen- 
tre. Thefe fpots' are in a line, and the line 
is continued by four other fimilar fpots ex- 
tending to the outer corner of the wing. 
This is the defcription of the male; but the 
j female is like the male in ahnoft every refpeclj 
except that flie is larger, and her upper-fide 
is all of a fine deep blue, duller or brighter 
according to the pofition in which fhe is 
feen. 
The expanfion of the winss is one inch and a 
half 
The caterpillar, v^'hich feeds on oak, changes into 
a chryfilis the beginning of June, and the fly 
comes forth about the middle of July. It is 
only to be found in or nearv/oods, andisfond. 
of playing with it's companions round fmall 
oaks. 
It may not be improper to add, that the v/ings 
of the fmalleft of the Papillio or Butterfly tribe 
are not more than half an inch from tip to tip; 
while thofe of the largeft, called by Marian the 
Great Atlas, have an expanfion of at leaft ten 
inches. 
BUTTERFLY FISH. This fiih, which is 
caught in the Adriatic Gulph in the winter fea- 
fon, is about eight inches long, has a thick head, 
but becomes very flender towards the tail. The 
colour is of a light blue, or alli, with olive or dirty 
green ftripes. The eyes are pretty large, and placed 
near each other on tire top of the head ; and, above 
each eye, fome of thefe fifnes liave a minute fin. 
The fore-teeth are long and round, placed near 
each other, and very regular. The back fin rifes 
very high ; and near the top of tlie fifth ray there 
is a very beautiful fpot reiembling an eye, fur- 
rounded with a white ring, and ending at the eighth 
ray ; by which m.ark this fiJli may be readily dif- 
tinguifhed fi'om all other fpecies : this fin is va- 
riegated with a dirty green, or olive and blue, and 
irregular brown and white fpots ; and the belly is 
fomewhat prominent, and defcitute-of fcales. 
BUTTERFLY SHELL. SccVoluta. 
BUZ. A fifn caught in the German lakes, 
more commonly known by the naiTiC of aibula. 
BUZZARD. A rapacious bird of the long- 
v/inged hawk kind, belonging to the genus of fal- 
con in the Linnsean fyftem, of v/'iich there are fe- 
veral fpecies. 
Buzzard, Co?/IMON. The ' length of this 
fpecies is twenty-two inches, and the full expanfion 
of it's wings fifty and upwards. It is the moft" com- 
mon of all birds of the hawk kind in England. 
It breeds in extenfive v/oods, generally fi_xing on 
the old neft of a crov/, Vv'liich it enlarges, and lines 
with Vv'ool and other foil: materials. It lays two 
or three eggs, v^hich are fomiCtimes v/holly white, 
and at others fpotted with yellow : and v/hen the 
female happens to be killed during the time of in- 
cubation, the cock hatches and rears the brood. 
The young confort v/ith the old ones for fome little 
time after they quit the neft, which is not ufual 
with other birds of prey, if we except the butcher- 
birds. 
The Common Buzzard is very flup-pifti and 
inactive, and much lefs on the v/ing than other 
hawks, remaining perched on the fame bough for 
the greateftpart of the day, and alv/ays found near 
the famiC place. It feeds on birds, rabbits, moles, 
and mice; and will likewife, in cafes of neceflity, 
devour frogs, earth-v/orms, and all forts of in- 
feds. 
The colour of this bird is fubjefb to confidera- 
ble variations. In fomic, the breaft and belly are 
brown, and only raarked acrofs the crop v/ith a 
