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Show AVES, PEllNls, Cuv. (1) B arda w.t t1 l t h e w eak beak of the Kites, h~ve a v. ery The }Ioney- uz~ ' s ace between the eye and the beak, whtch, Peculiat• character ~n the P F 1 1·s naked, and simply furnished f th genus a co, in all the rest o e . . covered with a dense plumage, the h . but m these lS f " h with a few airs, 'k les • their tarsi are hal •eat ered feathers o f w h.lC h are cut h. e .sea ' h . b k 1 . equal wings long, and t eu ea . 1 ted . thelr tal lS ' above and reucu a •. 11 h which follow. There is but one curved from its base hke a t ose species in Europe. d , C mmune Enl. 420; N aum. 35, 36. . • la Bon ree o ' F. apworus ' ·d ) So mew hat smaller than the Buz· C nHoney-Buzzat · . . h (The bo mmo bove • var1. ous 1Y u ndulated with brown an.d whttu zard ; rown a 'f h 1 ash coloured at a certam age. It b th • the head o t e rna e enea ' . . lly Bees and Wasps. Pursues Insects, and, prmclpa ' . · ~ reign countr1es. '!'here are some others m o t d Honey-Buzzard of Java.) All P . t ta Cuv (The cres e . h • crzs a ' . d l'k that of Europe; but It as a h d ash coloure ' 1 e brown ; ea ' . . b d on the middle ; a brown crest on black tail, with a whltlsfh anJava by M. Leschenault.(2) the occiput. Brought rom , BuTEo, Bechstein. . . the tail equal ; the beak curved The Buzzards have long wmgs , . d the eyes naked; the feet, from its base; the space between lt an ' strong. £ thered down to the toes. They The tarsi of some of them are ea h 'ng of their beak from . h d f the Eagles by t e curvl are distingu1s e rom G h k-Eagles with feather· the base and from the Goshawks, or os aw ' ' . ed. tarsi, by their long Wl~gs. h Booted Buzzard, Frisch, luv; F. lagopus, Gm . .'(2) t e ... • Naum. 34. Irregularly Vaill. Afr. xviii ; W tlson, IV, x:xxm, 1 ' nd a more or less variegated with a darker or lighter bro.wn, ally diffused birds; yellowish white. It is one of the most umversa 't' L th and Shaw·-F. mt.s su•a t•p t'e n&i8 • wns. llt kahl" Gmel. the F. parast tcus, a · ' xxx;:, 1, or the Ictinie ophiophage, Vi~ill. Galer. pl~~~he Common Kite. N. B. The Falc. austriacus, Gmel., IS the young f bird of prey. (1) Pernis or pernes, according to Aristotle, the name o _some N B The F. riocourii forms the genus N.&uCLERUS of Vtgors. of B~J~tptil· (2. ) M' . Temminck has figured tht.s b'1 r d , (C o1 · 44 • ) ~nder the name orinque. . h Falco communis J /eU(.()Cep~· (3) I tis the Falco lagopus, Brit. Zool. Ap . vol. I; t e . . tl Falc. commuwl lus Frisch, 75; the Falco Sancti Johannis, Arct. Zool. pl. ;x ci· ~~·entstatesofthe Ju,.'cm, F. variegatm, F. albidus, 1'. versicolor, Gm. are mere y 1 e Common Buzzard. ACCIPITRES. 243 it is found every where, and has almost always been considered as a variety of some other bird. ( 1) But the greater number of Buzzards have naked and scutellated tarsi. The only one in Europe is, F. buteo, L.; la Buse Commune, Enl. 419; Naum. 32. (The Common Buzzard.) Brown ; belly and throat more or less undulated with white; the most noxious and common bird of prey in Europe. It remains the whole year in the forests, souses upon its prey from the top of a tree, and destroys much game.(2) Some species are crested. Le Baclta, Vaill. Afric. pl. xv. Size of the preceding; brown; small, white, round spots on the sides of the breast, and on the abdomen; a black and white crest; a broad white band on the middle of the tail. A very savage bird of Africa, which preys chiefly on the Hyraces.(S) CIRcus, Bechstein • The Harriers differ from the Buzzards in their elevated tarai, and in a kind of collar on each side of their neck, formed by the tips of the feathers which cover their ears. There are three species in France, which have been multi!' plied by the nomenclaturalists on account of the variety in their plumage. F.pygargus, L.; LaSoubuae, Enl. 443 and 480; Naum. xxxviii, 2, and xxxix, 1 and 2. Brown above; underneath, fawn coloured, (1) Add the Buse a calotte noire, (F. atricapi/lus, Cuv.) Col. 79, or the Buteomeianoleucoa, Vieill. Galer. 14 ;-the Black Buzzard (F. niger,) Wils. VI, liii, 1 and 2, which M. Ch. Bonap. thinks is the F. 8anct. Johan. of Pennant. (2) Add the Rou-noir, Vaill. Afr. 16 (F. jackal, Daud. and Sh. );-the Tacltard, ld. 19 (F. tachardus, Sh.);-the Buseray, Id. 20 (F. bursarellus, Sh.);-the Grey chetktd Buzzard (F. polygenia, Tern.) Col. 325.-the Brown buzzard, (F. fmcus) Vieill. Am. 5;-the Tachiro, Vaill. 24 (F. tachiro, Sh.)-the Milan Cresserelle, Vieill. Am. 10, his, and the young female, Col. 180; a species of which the F. plumbeu.B, Spix, VIII, is perhaps the adult, and in which the lateral festoon, in some individuals, is sharpened into a tooth, although the quills are those of the. ignobles.-Thc Long-winged Buzzard (F. pterocles, Tern.) Col. 56 and 139.-The Bwe a doa tacltete (F. precihrwtos, Cuv.), Col. 9.-La Buse mantelee, (F. /acer. IIU/atua, T.) Col. 427.-La buse pale, (1'. liventer, T.) Col. 438.-La Bmed fjfleul ltrrugineuae, (But. ferruginicaudus,) Vieill. Am. 6. Also, F. bor1alis, Wils. pl. Iii, f. 1. .O.m. Ed. (3) Add the White-crested Buzzard of India, (F. albidus, T.) Col. 19. N.D. The Buse rouasatre, Tem. Col. 25, somewhat approaches to the Harrier by its elevated tarsi, but is deficient in the collar ; the transitions between these two divisions, also, are almost insensible. |
