THE TRUE BUZZARDS. 
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and not true Eagles. As a rule, the members of the Sub- 
family Butennina are somewhat sluggish and heavy Ijirds, 
not possessing the dash of an Eagle or a Hawk, but resemb- 
ling the former in general appearance and build. The range 
of .the Buzzards is almost cosmopolitan, though the Australian 
members of the genus are not typical Buzzards, and are more 
like large Gos-Hawks in appearance. 
THE TRUE BUZZARDS. GENUS BUTEO. 
Buteo, Cuvier, Legons Anat. Comp. i. Tabl. Oiseaux (1800). 
Type, B. buteo (L.). 
The typical Buzzards have rather a long wing and a head 
like that of an Eagle, with a bony shelf above the eye, a long 
tail, more than twice the length of the tarsus, which is never 
entirely feathered. The nasal aperture is a long oval, and 
there is no tubercle, as in the Falcons and some other Birds 
of Prey. The Buzzards are found throughout the northern 
parts of both Hemispheres, and in North America many of 
the species are migratory, and visit South America in winter. 
In Africa several species of True Buzzards are resident, and 
they are found throughout the greater part of Asia, but do 
not extend below Southern China and the Burmese Provinces, 
being absent in the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
I. THE COMMON BUZZARD. BUTEO BUTEO. 
Falco buteo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 127 (1766). 
Buteo vulgaris, Newt. ed. Yarn Brit. B. i. p. 109 (1871); 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 186 (1874); Dresser, B. 
Eur. v. p. 449, pi. 331 (187s); Seebohm, Br. B. i. p. 117 
(1883) ; B. O. U. List Br. B. p. 94 (1883 ) ; Saunders, Man. 
Br. B. p. 311 (1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. B. part xvii. 
(1891). 
Buteo fusms, Macg. Br. B. iii. p. 183 (1840). 
(Plate XLIV.) 
Adult Hale. — General colour above ashy-brown, rather paler 
on the scapulars and wing-coverts, which have more or less 
distinct white margins ; on the nape some white streaks, the 
forehead and sides of face being also narrowly streaked with 
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