MOOR BUZZARD. 
Lin% Syst. p . 130 . No. 29. 
Bris. om • i. p . 4 01. No. 2 g . 
Buff, ois . i. p. us. t. io. 
i?r. ZW. 1. No. 57. t. 27. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 53. 3 4. 
This subject is found in the Transbaltic countries, as far north as Sond- 
moi , it is met with all the year in Sweden, and is common in the south 
of Russia, but is not to be found in Siberia. 
Though smaller than the common Buzzard, it is more vigorous and 
courageous; and is so rapid and steady in its flight, that it procures a more 
certain and plentiful subsistence, making dreadful havock among rabbits, 
young wild ducks, and even fish, and when other prey fails, it will feed 
on toads, frogs, and aquatic insects. 
It builds on the ground in low bushes, or hillocks, covered with thick 
herbage ; its nest being composed of dried sticks, intermixed with sedge or 
decayed leaves, laying three or four eggs of a bluish white, sprinkled with 
dusky spots ; and though more prolific than the common Buzzard, it is more 
rare, or at least not so frequently met with. 
It does not frequent mountainous situations, neither does it perch on high 
trees, but rests on the ground, in bushes, hedges, and among rushes, near 
pools, marshes, or rivers which abound with fish. 
The colours of its plumage, and the great length and slenderness of its 
legs, distinguishes this species from all other of the Hawk tiibe. 
FaLCO ^ERUGINOSUS. 
Le BUSARD DE MARAIS. 
Le Busard. 
Moor Buzzard. 
