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LEFT BUZZARD 262 BYNG able coadjutor of Wilberforce in his ef- forts for the abolition of slavery. He was created a baronet in 1840, and died Feb. 19, 1845. BUZZABD. the English name of the buteo, a genus of birds, and especially of three species. These are: 1. The turkey buzzard (cathartes atira). This genus is more a carrion vulture than a raptorial bird, like some BUZZARD of the other genera described below. They are natives of our Southern States, where they are very useful as scaven- gers, and are so much appreciated in this regard that in most of the States they are protected by law. In conse- quence they grow quite tame, and in some places may be considered almost a domesticated fowl. They are about the size of a common turkey, and the species gets its name from a distant resemblance between the two. They are of a dirty black color, and are from 25 to 36 inches long, having an immense span of wing (proportionate), being remarkable for their powerful and graceful flight. Its nest is a mere hollow in the ground with a rampart of loose, dead branches around it. These birds may be seen by hundreds in one locality, hovering over and lighting upon the carcass of a dead animal. They are rarely found N. of Pennsylvania. 2. The brown buzzard (buteo vul- garis), called also the glead, glede, glade, kite or puttock. The male is deep broTi above, the margins of the feath- ers paler, the under parts yellowish white with brown spots, the face with brown and pale bands. The female is deep brown above and below, with whit- ish streaks on the throat, and spots ct the same color on the breast. It feeds on small mammalia, birds, lizards, worms and insects. It makes its nest in trees and ledges of rock. 3. The rough legged buzzard (buteo lagopus), which is feathered to the toes. BUZZARD'S BAY, a bay indenting the S. E. coast of Massachusetts; partly formed by the Elizabeth Islands. Its shores afford many summer resorts. Upon the bay New Bedford is situated. BY-LAW, a private law; the local or subordinate law of a city, town, private corporation or other organization. The power to make by-laws is usually con- ferred by express terms of the charter creating the corporation; though, when not expressly granted, it is given by im- plication, and it is incidental to the very existence of a corporation. The Con- stitution of the United States and Acts of Congress made in conformity to it, the Constitution of the State in which a corporation is located, and all acts of the Legislature constitutionally made, to- gether with the common law as there ac- cepted, are of superior force to any by- law; and such by-law, when contrary to either of them, is void, whether the char- ter authorizes the making of such by- law, or not; because no legislature can grant power larger than it possesses. BYNG, GEORGE, VISCOUNT TOR- RINGTON, an English admiral, born at Wrotham, Kent, in 1663, and entered the navy at the age of 15. In 1688 he recommended himself to William of Orange, and for his gallant conduct at the sea-fight of Malaga was knighted by Queen Anne. In 1718 he commanded the English fleet sent to Sicily for the protection of the neutrality of Italy, and on July 3l3t utterly destroyed the Span-