. British zoology . Oys. I. Zinan. 85. Scopoli. No. Zool. 66. Tab, A. 3. PL Enl. Falk. Brunnich p. 5. THIS bird is the commoneft: of the hawkkind .we have in England. |t breeds inlarge woods, and ufually builds on an old crowsneft, which it enlarges and lines with wool, andother foft materials: it lays two or three eggs,which are fometimes wholly white; fometimes fpot-ted with yellow. The cock buzzard will hatch andbring up the young, if the hen is killed*. Theyoung confort with the old ones for fome littletime after they quit the neft; which is not ufualwith other
. British zoology . Oys. I. Zinan. 85. Scopoli. No. Zool. 66. Tab, A. 3. PL Enl. Falk. Brunnich p. 5. THIS bird is the commoneft: of the hawkkind .we have in England. |t breeds inlarge woods, and ufually builds on an old crowsneft, which it enlarges and lines with wool, andother foft materials: it lays two or three eggs,which are fometimes wholly white; fometimes fpot-ted with yellow. The cock buzzard will hatch andbring up the young, if the hen is killed*. Theyoung confort with the old ones for fome littletime after they quit the neft; which is not ufualwith other birds of prey, who always drive awaytheir brood as foon as they can fly. This fpecies isvery fluggifh and inadive; and is much lefs in mo-tion than other hawks, remaining perched on thefame bough for the greateft part of the day, andis found at mod: times near the fame place-. Itfeeds on birds, rabbets, moles and mice-, it willalfo eat frogs, earth-worms and infetls. * Ray^s Letters. 352. This BUZZARD. JSr9S4 . v:;,. PI AXVI 27?,%. SPOTTED FAI^rON.
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