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The testimony of various observers therefore goes to prove that this Buzzard is a bird of solitary habit, 
straying about alone, and usually so intent on securing the various prey on which it exists, that it is any thing 
but a shy bird. 
Nidification . — I am unable to give my readers any information on the breeding of this Buzzard. In these 
days of ornithological research the day is doubtless not far distant when it will be discovered nesting in the 
Himalayas, or its breeding -haunts in the comparatively unknown regions of Central Asia penetrated by some 
adventurous explorer. 
Subfam. AQUILINE. 
Bill variable, usually lengthened and straight at the base ; but in some (smaller genera) 
more curved and shorter, the margin festooned. Wings generally long ; the 4th quill usually the 
longest, in some the 3rd and 4th, and in others the 4th and 5th. Tarsus less than the tibia by 
more than the length of the hind claw, but more than half its length ; in some feathered entirely 
to the toes, in others partially, with the hinder portion always reticulate. 
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