buzzard

• But when at last he received his sentence and swore he “always thought the American Eagle was a d—-buzzard,” I had no desire to mingle with the multitude to witness the execution, though he well deserved the execration of all. —  A Woman's Life-Work
• For the Lewis's I've seen some brilliant birds - something that looked exactly like a buzzard, was the same size as a buzzard and flew like a buzzard, I'm not sure but I think it was an eagle / a hummingbird about 2 inches long which I thought was a bee / and an amazing kingfisher with the brightest blue wings but about twice the size of English ones. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
• It is not the odour of the dead buzzard--strong as that may be--that attracts them; but the scent of what is more congenial to their sanguinary instincts On arriving at the tree they run round to its opposite side; and then spring growling back, as if something they have encountered there has suddenly brought them to bay A wounded bear or wolf!" —  The Lone Ranche
• The buzzard is a much more handsomely formed bird, and is more graceful, both upon the ground and while sailing through the air. —  The Boy Hunters
• There are no two birds, not absolutely of the same species, that are more like each other than a turkey-buzzard and a small-sized turkey-hen--that is, the common domestic turkey of the black variety, which, like the buzzard, is usually of a brownish colour. —  The Boy Hunters

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