There is more of the eagle about him.

Both, it is true, are carrion-feeders, like all vultures; but the buzzard also hunts after other food, such as snakes, lizards, and small quadrupeds.

He will attack young lambs or pigs, when a good opportunity offers.

So, too, will the black vulture, but not so frequently.

Neither of them, however, do much harm in this respect; and their preying on such animals is an exception, and not a rule.