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colour. The eye is of a reddifh brown, very dark. 
The tail is fquare, that is, all the feathers are of equal 
length, 
68. Falco buferai, the buferai. This is a very fenree 
fpecies. Vaillant calls it buferai ; and he was the firft who 
deferihed it, unlefs perhaps it be the fame bird with that 
called by Mauduit in the' Encyclopedic Methodique bvfard 
roux de Cayenne, the red moor-buzzard of Cayenne. How¬ 
ever it certainly is not properly a moor-buzzard, the legs 
being fhorter than in that divifion of the falco. Vaillant re¬ 
ceived this with a collection of other birds from Cayenne, 
but without any written account of its habits and manners. 
It is a fmall fpecies, about the fize of the moor-buzzard, 
whence the miftake noticed above. The wings rcacli to 
the end of the tail, which is fquare like the preceding. 
The feathers of the thighs fall down a little upon the leg- 
before ; but this bird has not thofe bufliy feathers on the 
thighs which are called breeches. The origin of the bill 
appears bluiflt ; the reft of it, and the nails, black. The 
head, neck, and bread, light red, ftiaded with brown, 
which is darker on the bead, and runs in thick lines on 
the fhoulders. The large wing-quills are blaekifh ; the 
middle one, fcapulars, and fmall wing-coverts, cheftnut- 
colonr ftriped or fpotted with dark brown. The tail is 
yellowifti red with zigzag ftripes of black, and alntoft 
black at the tip. The belly and legs are yellowifti red 
with tranfverfe ftripes of dark brown. 
69. Falco bufon, the doubtful hawk. This bird was 
received from Cayenne ; but its country and manners are 
not known. It has a greater refemblance to the hawk 
than to any other bird of prey ; fo that Vaillant has given 
it the doubtful defignation of bufon. It is about the ftze 
of the fatco pygargus, or ringtail. The feet and nails are 
black ; fo is the bill, but yellow at its origin. The fea¬ 
thers of the head and neck are black at their extremities, 
but white on thofe parts which are concealed when they 
lie naturally one over another. The large wing-quills are 
black for the mod part, their inner barbs mottled with 
white and red ; the next to thefe are cinnamon-colour 
ftiaded with black, and dark brown at the tips. The 
mantle, fcapulars, and fmall wing-coverts, both above 
and below, are very dark brown, varied and bordered with 
red. The feathers of the tail are of equal length; they 
are black, with each a tranfverfe ftripe towards the mid¬ 
dle ; a little edging of white appears at the tips, and feme 
flight tints of red in thofe parts concealed by the under 
tail-coverts. All the under parts of the body, and the 
legs, are reddifh ftriped with black. This bird is not 
breeched ; and the head is fmall ; by both which marks 
it is diftinguillied from its kindred fpecies. The wings 
when folded up do not reach above half the length of the 
tail ; fome part of the leg is feathered ; the noftrils, and 
all around them and the bafe of the bill, are yellow. 
70. Falco gallinarins, the great buzzard. Cere and 
feet yellow ; body above brown, beneath rufous, with 
brown oval fpots ; tail barred with brown. From twenty 
to twenty-three incites long. Bill and claws black; irids 
faifron-colour. Inhabits Europe. There is a (mailer va¬ 
riety called navius, with wings more variegated. 
71. Falco Jamaicenfis, the Jamaica buzzard. Cere and 
legs yellow ; body browniftt-buff, with paler fpots beneath ; 
crown pale. Bill and claws black; irids yellow ; (hafts of 
the back and tail-feathers brown in the middle ; legs (liort. 
Inhabits Jamaica; and is very beautiful. 
72. Falco borealis, the American buzzard. Cere and 
legs pale yellow; body above brown, beneath white; tail 
pale rufiy, with a tranfverfe rufty bar near the tip. Bill 
and claws black ; chin white mixed with brown ; throat 
and bread paler than the back; rump white. Inhabits 
North America. 
73. Falco Leverianus, the Lever,ian falcon. Legs yel¬ 
low ; head alternately ftreaked with brown and white; 
body above brown, beneath white ; wings dark brown. 
Bill dufky; feathers with a large white (pot at the tip; 
tail-feathers with nine white ,and as many dufky bands, 
Yol. VII. No. 418. 
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the middle ones dufky and cinereous. ''Inhabits Carolina ; 
and is preferved in the Leverian mufettm. 
74. Falco rufus, the harpy, or rufous falcon.' Legs 
yellow; body rufous, above verging to brown; tail ci¬ 
nereous. Twenty inches long. Bill and claws black ; irid.s 
faftron. It feems, fays Frifch, to have a more acute fight 
than any of the other birds of rapine, its eye-brows being 
more projected. Inhabits F'rance and Germany, near the 
banks of rivers; preys on fifh. 
75. Falco variegatus, the fpeckled buzzard. Legs yel¬ 
low ; head and neck white fpotted with ferruginous ; body- 
above brown, beneath white ; tail jaale brown with paler 
bands eroding each.other. Above twelve inches long. Bill 
dufky; claws track. Inhabits North America. 
76. Falco albidus, the buzzardef. Legs yellow; body 
white with large brown fpots ; tail dufky with white ftreaks 
and dots. Fifteen inches long; legs long; (pots underneath 
few; 1 e tier coverts brown. Inhabits North America. 
77. Falco apivorus, the honey-buzzard. Cere black ; 
feet half naked, yellow ; head cinereous; tail brown, with 
two dufky bands, and tipt with white. Inhabits Europe. 
As the honey-buzzard differs but little from the common 
fpecies, they have been diftinguiftied by thofe only who 
have carefully compared them. They have indeed more 
analogous than diferiminating characters, but the diffe¬ 
rence of external appearance and of natural habits, is fuf- 
ficient to conftitute two fpecies; which, though allied, 
are yet feparate and independent. The^honey-buzzard 
weighs near two pounds; its length from the point of the 
bill to the end of the tail is twenty-two inches ; its wings 
extend four feet two inches, and when clofed reach to 
three fourths of the tail: its bill is ratber longer than 
that of the buzzard ; the cere is thick, and unequal ; its 
noftrils are long and curved; when the bill opens, the 
mouth appears very large and of a yellow colour ; the 
iris is of a bright yellow ; the legs and feet are of the fame 
colour, and the nails, which are not much hooked, are 
ftrong and blackilh ; the head is large and fiat, and of a 
grey cinereous. Thefe birds build their ueits with fmall 
flicks, and line them with wool ; their eggs are of an afh- 
colour, and marked with fmall brown fpots. Sometimes 
they take poileflion of the nefts of other birds. They feed 
their young with cryfalids, and particularly with thole of 
wafps. The heads and different portions of wafps are 
frequently feen in their neft. When young, they are co¬ 
vered with a white down, fpotted with black ; the feet 
are of a pale yellow, and the cere white. In the ftomach 
of thefe birds, which is very large, there are alio found 
entire frogs and lizards. The honey-buzzard generally 
(its upon low trees to watch its prey. It catches field- 
mice, frogs, lizards, caterpillars, and other intefts. It 
fcarcely flies but from tree to tree, or from built to bttfh, 
always low; nor does it foar like the kite, which it re- 
fembles by its inftincts, but from which it can be reddiiy 
diftinguiftied by its motions and the fbape of its tail. It 
is common toqjlace fnares for the honey-buzzard, becaufe 
iii winter it is very fat and delicate to eat. It is particu¬ 
larly fond of the comb of bees and wafps, with which, it 
is extremely fedulous to feed its young. From its at¬ 
tachment to this food, its diftindtive name is faid to have 
been firft given. 
78. Falco teruginofus, the moor-buzzard. Specific cha¬ 
racter : cere greenifh ; body grey ; its crown, throat, arm- 
pits, and feet, yellowifti. It varies extremely in regard 
to colour : in fome the body is ferruginous, and the crown 
alone yellowifti ; in fome it is dufky ferruginous, and the 
crown and throat yellowifti; in a few inftances the whole 
bird is of an uniform dufky ferruginous. The egg is 
wliitiih with dirty fpots, fprinkled with fome duiky fpots. 
Inhabits Europe. This bird was formerly called the baf. 
tard partridge, and fome falconers termed it the white- 
headed harpy. It is more voracious and lefs (luggifti than 
the common buzzard ; and this is perhaps the only reafon 
that it appears move vicious. It commits great havock . 
among the rabbits, and is equally deftructive to the flit 
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