. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . at once distinguished from the latter byits pure-white tail, besides having the legs birds of the White-Tailed Eagle have the tailof a whitish-brown, whilst those of the Golden Eaglehave the half nearer the body white, the rest forminga broad terminal band. COMMON BUZZARD.—Plate 68. 2 0 to 2 3 plumage brown generally, with transverse barson the broad tail; neck and upper breast also brown,becoming white on lower breast, with detached brownblotches; flanks and thigh-feathers brown; undersides of
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . at once distinguished from the latter byits pure-white tail, besides having the legs birds of the White-Tailed Eagle have the tailof a whitish-brown, whilst those of the Golden Eaglehave the half nearer the body white, the rest forminga broad terminal band. COMMON BUZZARD.—Plate 68. 2 0 to 2 3 plumage brown generally, with transverse barson the broad tail; neck and upper breast also brown,becoming white on lower breast, with detached brownblotches; flanks and thigh-feathers brown; undersides of tail-feathers whitish, with twelve dull cross-bars ; under sides of wings brown, with large whitepatch; bill dark and hooked; irises, cere, and legsyellow. Resident. Eggs.—3-4, dirty-white, clouded, blotched andspotted with rust-colour; 226 x 175 inches(platel27). Nest,—A pile of sticks, lined with dry grass, wool,and fresh leaves, placed on inland scrub-covered cliflfsor in a tree in wooded country. Distribution.—In England in the Lake District; Plate COWIMON BUZZARD. t
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