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Definition of Buteos
1. buteo [n] - See also: buteo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buteos
Literary usage of Buteos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1895)
"1 am also confident that a more critical search for and study of the Minnesota
buteos will greatly extend the known breeding range of ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"With the buteos this consists to a large extent of small mammals and insects,
birds and poultry forming a comparatively insignificant part of the diet of ..."
3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1899)
"A common resident. Belongs to eastern North America, extending westward to the
plains. A beneficial hawk, as are all the buteos. Abert, 1818. 127. 337a. ..."
4. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"In its general habits it somewhat resembles the other buteos but it.s food consists
more largely of insects and it is entirely free from suspicion of injury ..."
5. Ornithology by Geological Survey of California, James Graham Cooper (1870)
"About the size of the larger buteos; legs long; tarsi and toes strong. Bill rather
long, abruptly curved at the tip; edges of upper mandible festooned; ..."
6. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1899)
"A common resident. Belongs to eastern North America, extending westward to the
plains. A beneficial hawk, as are all the buteos. Abert, 1818. 127. 337a. ..."
7. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
""The Cubic Contents of the Eggs of the Common buteos," JE Keays. "The Nesting of
the Sharp Shinned Hawk," H. Gould. " The Flycatchers of Ontario," WE ..."
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