. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE COMMON BCZZAliD. 2Td as the climber Las got up to wliere he can reach a bii-d, he catches it by the legs with the left hand, and either twists its neck with liis right hand, or stuns it with a blow of the cudgel, and throws it down to his companion on the ground, who crams it into the sack. In this manner two men can catch tlm-ty or forty in the evening, or, according to Burgomaster C, as many even as seventy or eighty ; and Captain E. relates that twenty were obtained one evening from the same tree. They are easiest to catch when it i
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE COMMON BCZZAliD. 2Td as the climber Las got up to wliere he can reach a bii-d, he catches it by the legs with the left hand, and either twists its neck with liis right hand, or stuns it with a blow of the cudgel, and throws it down to his companion on the ground, who crams it into the sack. In this manner two men can catch tlm-ty or forty in the evening, or, according to Burgomaster C, as many even as seventy or eighty ; and Captain E. relates that twenty were obtained one evening from the same tree. They are easiest to catch when it is dark and blowing hard, so that the bird cannot easily hear the noise. In all, many hundreds ai'e caught amiually, some of which ai'e cooked fresh or made into soup, but most are salted down and kept for use during the ; The nest of the Buzzard is generally placed on some non-evergreen tree at various heights from the ground, but in Scotland it builds on rocks. The usual number of eggs is three or four, and these. COMMON BUZZARD. are a bluish-white, with reddish blotches. Tliey vary a good deal in colour, some being rather richly marked, while others are almost colourless. The time of breeding is generally the month of April, or, in severe seasons, early in May. A Crow's nest is occasionally taken possession of. When the bird !nakes its own nest, this is formed of large branches with a lining of grass, occasionallj^ of a few feathers.' No bird varies more than the Buzzard in plumage, and many beautiful variations in its dress take place before the adult plumage is gained. The old bird is almost entirely brown above and 1 lelow, the breast and abdomen generally having a more or less barred appearance ; the quills are brown, banded with darker brown, and shaded with gi-ey on their outer aspect; the tail is ashy-bi'own, more or less iirclining to rufous, and having twelve or thirteen bars of darker brown. Yoxmg birds have a great deal of white about their plumage, som
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