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- Hills from flapping of primeval bird. Hills and valleys are formed from the flapping of a giant turkey-buzzard when the earth is still plastic. A961.1
- Why buzzard is bald. A2317.3
- Origin of buzzard's crest. A2321.7
- Food of buzzard. A2435.4.5
- Man falls in hole with horse; buzzards gather; he lassoes a number of buzzards, ties them together, frightens them; all fly at once, carry him from hole. (Tall tale.) B547.2.1
- Transformation: buzzard to door flap. D423.4
- Witch in the form of buzzard. G211.4.5
- The dog-eating bugs. Man keeps dog for boy, tells him when he comes for it that the chinch bugs have eaten it. The boy borrows a mule from the man, later tells him that a buzzard has carried it away. He gets his dog back. J1531.2.1
- Buzzard steals coyote's eyes, while he is throwing them up in the air. K333.3
- Buzzard hatched by hawk ejected for fouling nest. (Cf. Q322.) Q432.1