BRITISH BIRDS* 
*s 
THE COMMON BUZZARD. 
{Fa l co Buteo , Lin . — La Bufe y BufF.) 
M. Buffon diftinguifties the Kites and the Buz- 
zards from the Eagles and Hawks by their habits 
and difpofitions, which he compares to thofe of 
the Vultures, and places them after thofe birds. 
Though poffeffed of ftrength, agility, and weapons 
to defend themfelves, they are cowardly, inactive, 
and flothful ; they will fly before a Sparrow-hawk, 
and when overtaken will fuffer themfelves to be 
