. A history of British birds . ■^^^-iv^i^ COMMON BUZZAKD. ACCIPITREH. J 09 ^^:z^£^0^^ iS^ C:>--U-faK5- BuTEO VULGARIS, Leach*.THE COMMON BUZZARD. Biiteo rnl{iaris. BcTKo, Lacepklef.—Bill rather small and weak, bending from the base, partof the cutting edge of the upper mandible slightly projecting ; cere large;nostrils oval. Wings ample ; the first quill-feather short, about equal in lengthto the seventh, the fourth the longest; the first four feathers with the innerwebs deeply notched. Tarsi short, strong, .scaled or feathered. Toes short;claws strong. The Buzzard is one of th
. A history of British birds . ■^^^-iv^i^ COMMON BUZZAKD. ACCIPITREH. J 09 ^^:z^£^0^^ iS^ C:>--U-faK5- BuTEO VULGARIS, Leach*.THE COMMON BUZZARD. Biiteo rnl{iaris. BcTKo, Lacepklef.—Bill rather small and weak, bending from the base, partof the cutting edge of the upper mandible slightly projecting ; cere large;nostrils oval. Wings ample ; the first quill-feather short, about equal in lengthto the seventh, the fourth the longest; the first four feathers with the innerwebs deeply notched. Tarsi short, strong, .scaled or feathered. Toes short;claws strong. The Buzzard is one of the least rare of the larger kindof Hawks which inhahit the wooded districts of this country,preying upon small quadrupeds, l)irds and reptiles. Its * Systematic Catalogue of M;niimalia and Birds in the British Museum, p. 10(LSI 6). f Mcmoires (If Iliistitut, iii. y. .)(Ki (;(hi LSfHi. 110 FALCOMD.^. courage, us compared with others of the FalconUhe, has beenquestioned ; since it is known to attack such animals as areeither young or defenceless, which it does not pursue inflig
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