. Birds of the British Empire. Birds. BRITISH BIRDS. 95 Honey Buzzard.—This fine bird is of rare occurrence in England, and only a very few examples of it have been met with in Scotland. The general colour of the upper parts is a fine dark brown, touched with grey on the fore part of the head, and yellowish brown on the long rounded tail, which is traversed by many narrow bands of a light greyish black colour. The un- der parts are greyish white, thickly spotted with brownish black. The bill is horn - colour, the cere bluish, and the legs and feet yellow. The female is larger than her mate, an
. Birds of the British Empire. Birds. BRITISH BIRDS. 95 Honey Buzzard.—This fine bird is of rare occurrence in England, and only a very few examples of it have been met with in Scotland. The general colour of the upper parts is a fine dark brown, touched with grey on the fore part of the head, and yellowish brown on the long rounded tail, which is traversed by many narrow bands of a light greyish black colour. The un- der parts are greyish white, thickly spotted with brownish black. The bill is horn - colour, the cere bluish, and the legs and feet yellow. The female is larger than her mate, and her under parts are light yellowish red,spotted with brownish red. The male is about 2 feet in full length, and the female measures 2 or 3 inches more. Both sexes, however, vary a good deal both in point of size and colouring. White-Tailed Eagle, or Erne.—This bird is also called the sea eagle, and used formerly to be abundant in Britain ;. Fui. 31. - The Honey Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greene, W. T. , Dr. London : Imperial Press
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