ACCIPITKKS AC^UILID.i: 191 



B. buteo harterti Swann. Large, dark race, darker than 

 "zimmerinannic" ; underparts almost uniform dark to red brown ; 

 abdomen barred in adults ; tail with 10-12 dark bars. Win^ 



S 375, ? 412 (H.). 

 KcsiiitJit. — M ade i ra. 



B. buteo rothschildi Swann. Reddish brown ; tail light 

 grey with 7 to 9 bars, subterminal one being broad ; underparts 

 uniform dark red brown ; ventral region may be barred and 

 spotted buff. Wing ^^ 340-360, ? 375-398 (H.). 



Reside fit. — Azores. 



Buteo lagopus lagopus (Brunnich). Rough-legged 

 Buzzard. Fr. Buse pattue ; Ger. Rauhfussbussard ; Ital. 

 Pojana calzata ; Swed. Fjosbent Wrag. 



^ $ Upper parts dark brown, crown and nape white striated, 

 basal parts of inner webs of quills white ; tarsi feathered in front 

 to toes ; tail white, apical third brown with greyish white tip ; 

 chin and throat white streaked brown, upper breast dark brown 

 mottled white, rest of underparts barred white and dark brown. 

 Bill dark horn, bluish at base. Cere and toes yellow. Iris brown. 

 Wing c^ 415-433, ? 430-470. Tarsus 70-73. Bill 22-23. Young 

 darker, breast streaked not barred, rest of underparts almost 

 uniform dark brown. 



Breeds. — Scandinavia, Lapland, Finland, N. Russia from 

 about 69-50° N. south occasionally to about 56', Baltic Provinces 

 (rare). Partial migrant ; occurs British Isles in winter, and also 

 Central Europe to Pyrenees and Alps, and S. Russia, rarely to 

 Greece and other Mediterranean countries. 



Buteo ferox ferox (Gmelin). 



Has various phases of plumage. 



(<•/) Above brown, with some rufous margins ; tail grey Ijrown 

 barred, inner webs of tail and quills white ; beneath creamy 

 white with broad brown streaks, under wing coverts and axillaries 

 white with red brown shaft streaks. 



{/f) Above darker brown, margins broader and more chestnut ; 

 tail pale cinnamon not barred ; beneath chestnut with dark 

 shaft lines, barred in some, mottled in others with black feathers, 

 or altogether uniform chestnut ; under wing coverts and axillaries 

 chestnut. 



