The Honey-Buzzard. 
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of the old men in the same way, hiding its booty in the 
tallest trees. 
Wilson says that one he shot in the wing lived with 
him several weeks : but refused to eat. It amused 
itself by hopping from one end of the room to the other, 
and sitting for hours at the window, looking down on 
the passengers below. At first, he put himself in an 
attitude of defence when approached ; but after some 
time became quite familiar, permitting himself to be 
handled. Though he lived so long without food, his 
stomach was found on dissection to be enveloped in 
solid fat of nearlv an inch in thickness. 
THE HONEY-BUZZARD. (Falco, or Pernis apivorus.) 
This Buzzard eats lizards, frogs, and snails. It also 
feeds upon the larvae of bees and wasps, which form the 
chief food of the young birds. Buffon says that in 
winter, when fat, it is good eating, a very rare circum- 
stance with birds of this genus. It seldom flies, ex- 
cepting from one bush to another ; but, when on the 
ground, it runs with great rapidity, like a domestic fowl. 
Willoughby observes that it builds its nest with twigs, 
