Order E ACCIPITRES. 
Family II. Falconida:. 
Hie second Subfamily, 
BUTEONINiE, or Buzzards, 
have the Bill short, broad at the base, with the culinen much curved to the tip, which is acute, and the 
lateral margins festooned; the cere covering more than the basal half of the bill; the Wings long, with 
the third and fourth qu ills generally the longest; the Tarsi lengthened, generally naked, and covered 
hoth in front and behind with broad transverse scales ; and the Toes, including the hind one, rather 
short. 
Buteo Cuv.* 
short, broad at the base, laterally compressed to the tip, with the culmen much curved from the 
base, which is broad, and rather flattened above ; the lateral margins festooned ; the nostrils large, oval ; 
and the lores clothed with hairy feathers. Wings very long, with the third and fourth quills the 
longest, and the inner and outer webs of some of the quills obliquely notched. Tail moderate, and even 
at its end. Tarsi lengthened, naked, covered with transverse scales before and behind; but at the apex 
and on the sides with small scales. Toes rather short, with the three anterior ones united at their base ; 
the hind toe equal in length with the inner, and both strong, and armed with a long powerful curved 
claw ; the base of the toes covered with small scales, and the apex with broad transverse ones. 
these birds have a heavy and indolent appearance, and generally inhabit woods and forests, being found in most 
parts of the world. Their flight, which is sometimes performed during twilight, is easy and buoyant; and is generally 
taken in extensive sweeps, over meadows and marshes, near the surface of the ground. .Small birds, quadrupeds, 
and reptiles form their food, which they either seize while flying, or strike upon the ground from the top of a tree or 
hillock from whence they have been watching. They breed in woods, though sometimes on rocks and the sides of deep 
Divines, forming their nests of sticks, lined with wool, hay, &c., and occasionally occupy the nests of other birds. The 
eggs are two or three in number. 
1 • B. vulgaris Bechst. I’l. enl. 4] 9- — Falco buteo IAnn . ; I 
glaucopis Merr. ; F. variegatus, F. versicolor, F. cinereus, et l 
obsoletus Gmt:l. • Buteo mutans, et B. faseiatus Vieill. ; Accipite 
buteo Pall . ; F. pogana Savi ; B. vulgaris japonicus Temm. Sj Sehl. 
launa Japon. t. 6. ?, Gould, B. of Eur. i. pi. 14. ; Buteo capensi 
Temm. § SchL 
2. B. rufiuus (Rupp.) Kaup, Fauna Abyss, t. 7. — Buteo cane 
scens Hodgs. ; B. longipes Jcrd. • B. rufiveutris Jerd. 
3 ‘ K- Mkal (Daud.) Cuv. Lcvaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 16'. 
4. B. augur Rupp. Fauna Abyss, t. If). — Falco hydrophilus 
Rupp., Fauna Abyss, t. 17. 
5. B. plumipe.s Hodgs. Sport. Mag. Beng. 1836. p. 182. 
6. B. borealis (Gniel.) Vieill. Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 52. f. 1, 2 
Falco Leverianus Gmel. ; F. ferrugineocauda Vieill. ; Buteo 
americanus et B. fulvus Vieill. ; F. jamaicensis Gmel. ; Accipiter 
ruficaudus Vieill. ; B. vulgaris Richard. A Sw. ; B. Swainsoni Pr. 
Ronap. ; B. inontanus Nutt. ; B. ventralis Gould ; F. Harlani 
Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 86'., Vieill. Ois. de l'Aindr. Septr. t. 6. 
* This division was established by Cuvier (Anatomic Comparee) in 1799 or 1800; and it embraces Mr. Gould’s genus Craxirex (1838), 
recilopternis (1847), Pachy triorchis (1845), Gypsoietinia (1845), and Lcucoptcrnis (1847) of Dr. Kaup. 
