PLATE CXII. 
The Buzzard. 
I N this Plate is reprefented the Honey Buzzard. In its appearance it has a kind of ftupor, and is 
infinitely lefs adive than any of its fpecie. It inhabits the woods, and feldom goes far from home, 
as its food is generally frogs, mice, bats, &c. This bird is often kept in large gardens, for the pur- 
pofe of deftroying vermin therein. They build their nefts with fmall fticks, lined with wool, and 
feldom lay more than four eggs. They are often feen on the ground, and will run very fwift fome 
paces before they take wing. The Reprefentation in this Plate is reduced; the bird from which it 
was meafured being thirty-eight inches from the point of one wing to the point of the other, when 
extended ; feventeen from the end of the bill to the tip of the tail, and fifteen round the breaft. 
No. XXXVIII. 
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