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FALCO BUTEO. 
COMMON BUZZARD. 
Cere and legs yellow; body brown; belly 
pale, with brown spots. 
Falco Buteo, Lin. Gme. 
La Buse, Buffon. 
Buzzard, Pen. Lath. Bew. Shaw, Graves, 
Mont. 
PROVINCIAL. 
P U T T O C K. 
This is the most common species of the 
British Falcons. It measures twenty-two 
inches in length, and somewhat exceeds four 
feet in breadth ; varies much in size, weigh- 
ing from two pounds and a half to three 
pounds and a half ; and is subject to very 
great variety in plumage. 
The female is a bolder bird than the 
male. It makes its nest in the fork of a 
large tree, near the top; sometimes takes 
possession of a deserted crow's nest. The 
