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BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. 
But'eo. 
tinguish this species from the other British Accipitres. Female^ with the plu- 
mage, above, brown, with pale margins ; beneath, yellowish-brown, with lon- 
gitudinal dark spots. The two middle tail feathers with dark cinereous and 
blackish bands. In this state, it is the Falco pygargus of Liiingeus, and the 
Bing-tail of British ornithologists. Willoughby had hinted at their identity, 
Om. p. 40. ; and Barington seems to have admitted it, Phil. Trans. 1770, 
p. 14; but it was Montagu who removed all doubts on the subject. Breeds 
in furse and heath. Eggs 4 or 5, bluish white, and without spots. Young 
like the female. This species flies near the ground, and is very destructive 
to poultry and game. . 
Gen. XIII. BUTEO. Buzzard — Wings and tail long, the 
latter rounded. 
a. The fourth qulllfeather longest 
(a.) Wings reaching nearly to the end of the tail. 
21. B. vulgaris. Common Buzzard. — Upper quarter of the 
tarsi feathered. Nostrils round ; the margin of the upper man- 
dible slightly waved. 
Will. Om. 38. Sihh. Scot. 15. — Buzzard, Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 188 — Falco 
buteo, Temm. i. 63 — iS, Puttock; Bod teircail; G, Clamhan. — 
Common, near large woods. » J 
Length 21, breadth 50 inches ; weight 32 pounds. Bill bluish, cere, irides, 
and feet yellow. Plumage, above, deep brown, with pale margins; below, 
greyish-brown, with darker spots, sometimes with cross bars of white, scarcely 
apparent on the throat, but increasing on the breast, belly, and vent- Thighs 
plain dusky-brown on the outside, more rufous on the inside. The first four 
quflls, with the inner webs abbreviated and black towards the extremity. 
Tail-feathers dusky, with pale tips and brown bars ; a little longer than the i 
wings. Breeds in trees. Eggs 2 or 3, size of those of a hen, white, with j| 
rusty spots at the larger end. The young have the plumage light brown, , 
variegated Avith white and yellow ; throat and belly white, the latter with j 
longitudinal large spots. Feeds on rabbits and birds, pouncing its prey on the j 
ground. 
22. B. Lagopus. Rough-legged Buzzard. — Tarsi feathered | 
nearly to the toes. 
Bough-legged Falcon, Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 623. Mont. Orn. Diet. — Falco 
Lagopus, Temm. i. 65.— In England, rare, Leverian Museum ; Kent, Dr “ 
Latham ; Suffolk, Montagu. 
Length 19 to 27 inches. Bill and claws black ; cere and feet yellow ; irides 
brown. Head, neck, throat, breast, and thighs yellowish-white, with large 
streaks of brown. Back dark-brown, with yelloAvish margins. Belly with a 
large brown spot; the rest beneath yellowish-white. Quills white at the 
base, dusky at the ends. Tail, with the basal half, white ; then a broad brown „ 
band; the tips whitish. In the female, the head, neck, and tail are whiter; 
the sides and beUy browner. Breeds in trees. Eggs 4, clouded with red. 
Young have brown spots above, varied with white, with a stripe of the same 
colour over the eye. Tail AAuth three bands near the end. Feeds on glires 
and frogs. It is frequent in the north of Europe. 
(b.) Wings much shorter than the tail. (The Accipiter of WiU 
hughhy ; Astur and Nisus of Cuvier. ) 
23. B. Palumharius. Goshawk.— Tarsi short. A white line i 
over the eye. 
