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times near the fame place* It feeds on birds, 
rabbets, moles, and mice; it will alfo eat frogs, 
earth-worms, and infetfts. This bird is fubje& to 
fome variety in its colors : we have feen fome 
whofe breaft and belly were brown, and only 
marked crofs the craw with a large white crefcent: 
the figure very accurately reprefents the front 
view of its ufual appearance j the back of the 
head and neck, and the coverts of the wings, are 
of a deep brown, edged with a pale ruft color : 
the fcapular feathers brown; but white towards 
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their roots: the middle of the back is covered only 
with a thick white down: the ends of the quil fea¬ 
thers are dufky : their lower exterior fides afh co¬ 
lored : their interior fides blotched with darker and 
lighter fhades of the fame: the tail is barred with 
black and afh color: the bar next the very tip is 
black, and the broadeft of all; the tip itfelf of a 
dulky white. The irides are white tinged with red. 
The weight of this fpecies is thirty-two ounces: the 
length twenty-two inches ; the breadth fifty two. 
SPECIES VIII. The Honey Buzzard. Plate A 4. 
Honey Buzzard. IVil. orn. 72. 
Rail Jyn. av. 16. 
H E weight of this fpecies is thirty 
ounces : the length twenty-three in¬ 
ches : the breadth fifty-two: the bill 
and cere are black ; the latter much wrinkled : 
the irides of a fine yellow : the crown of the head 
afh colored : the neck, back, fcapulars, and covert 
feathers of the wings, are of a deep brown : the 
quil feathers barred with afh color and brown : 
the breafl: and belly are of a dirty white, finely 
marked with fpots of a yellowifh brown : the tail is 
long, of a dull brown color, marked with three 
Falco apivorus Lin. fyft. 91. 
Brijfon av. I. 410. 
broad dufky bars; between each of which are two or 
three of the fame color but narrower : the legs are 
fhort,ftrong,and thick : the claws large, and black. 
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Mr. Willoughby informs us, that this bird 
builds its nefts with fmall twigs, which it covers 
with wool; that its eggs are cinereous, marked 
with darker fpots: as he found the combs of 
wafps in the neft, he gave this fpecies the name 
of the honey buzzard : he adds that it feeds on 
the erucx of thofe infers, on frogs, lizards, 
and that it runs very fwiftly like a hen. 
SPECIES IX. The Moor Buzzard. Plate A 5. 
Moor Buzzard. JVil. orn. 75. 
Rail jyn . av. 17. 
T HIS fpecies frequents moors, marfhy 
places, and heaths $ it never foars 1 ike 
other hawks y but commonly fits on the 
ground, or on fmall bufhes : it makes its neft in 
the midft of a tuft of grafs or rufhes ; we, have 
found three young ones in it, but never happened 
to meet with the eggs : it is a very fierce and vora¬ 
cious bird, and is a great deftroyer of rabbets, 
young wild ducks, and other water fowl. 
Its ufual weight is twenty ounces : the length 
twenty-one inches: the breadth four feet three 
inches : the bill is black, cere yellow $ irides of 
Circus paluftris. Brijfon av. I. 401. 
Falco aeruginofus. Lin, JyJt. 91. 
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the fame color: the whole bird, the head excepted, 
is of a chocolate brown, tinged with ruft color : 
on the head is a large yellowifh fpot $ we have 
feen fome birds of this kind with their head and 
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chin entirely white $ the others again have a 
whitiih fpot on the coverts of their wings ; but 
thefe are only to be deemed varieties $ the fio-ure 
reprefents the ufual colors of the fpecies, which 
requires no long defcription; the uniform color 
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of its plumage, and the great length and flen- 
dernefs of its legs, diftinguilhes it from all other 
hawks. SPECIES 
