T4T 



BUTEO LAGOPUS 



THE ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 



Tarsi feathered in their whole length ; tail white \n 

 its basal half, the rest brown ; a broad patch of brown 

 on the breast. 



Male. — The Rough-legg:ed Buzzard resembles the 

 Common Buzzard in form, and is nearly of the same 

 size ; but is easily distinguished from that species by 

 its feathered tarsi, and the other circumstances men- 

 tioned above. 



The head is very large, flat above, broad and round- 

 ed behind ; the neck short and strong ; the body full 

 and muscular. The bill is comparatively small, its 

 dorsal outline sloping and convex to the edge of the 

 cere, then curved in rather more than the fourth of a 

 circle, its edges with very slight indications of a festoon. 

 The nostrils are large and nearly elliptical, with the 

 upper or anterior end narrower. The toes are covered 

 at the base with angular scales, arranged in transverse 

 series ; the first has towards the end four, the second 

 four, the third seven, and the fourth three scutella ; 

 the hind toe is shorter and scarcely stronger than the 

 second ; the fourth is about the same length, but much 

 more slender; the middle toe considerably longer. The 

 •laws are strong, well curved, very acute, that of the 



