. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . rt, the outer four with theouter web attenuated, and the inner abruptly cut out; secondaryquills very broad and rounded. Tail of moderate length, orrather long, broad, rounded, of twelve broad feathers. The Buzzards are considered as among the least active birdsof this family; yet their flight is strong and buoyant, very simi-lar in character t
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . rt, the outer four with theouter web attenuated, and the inner abruptly cut out; secondaryquills very broad and rounded. Tail of moderate length, orrather long, broad, rounded, of twelve broad feathers. The Buzzards are considered as among the least active birdsof this family; yet their flight is strong and buoyant, very simi-lar in character to that of the Eagles, which they resemble inform, although many of them are very intimately allied tosome species of the genus Accipiter, wdiile others approximateto the Circi. They sail in circles like the Eagles, mounting to agreat height, seek out their prey by flying low over the fields,seldom pursue birds on wing, but pounce upon them on thegpound, and, besides these animals, feed on small quadrupeds,reptiles, insects, and worms. Species of this genus are foundon both continents. In Britain two are met with, the Com-mon or Brown Buzzard, and the Rough-legged Buzzard. 183 BUTEO FUSCUS. THE BROWN OR COMMONBUZZARD. GLEAD. GLADE. KITE. Fig. 212. Falco Buteo. Linu. Syst. Nat. I. 127. Falco Buteo. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 23. Buzzard. Mont. Orn. Diet. La Buse. Falco Buteo. Temm. Man. dOru. I. 63 ; IIL 35. Common Buzzard. Buteo vulgaris. Selb. Illustr. L 55. Buteo vulgaris. Common Buzzard. Jen. Brit. Tert. An. 87. Male with tJie upper parts deep hrown, the feathers marginedwith paler, the lower parts yelloicish-white, icith longitudinal ob-long brown spots, the tail icith numerous brown and pale deep broicn above and beneath, the throat streaJced icithwhitish, the breast spotted with the same. Young with the fea-thers margined with light red. The Buzzard, although the most common of our larger Plun-derers, has been very unsatisfactorily described by authors, most
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