AKCHIBUTEO LOGOPUS — ROUGH LEGGED BUZZARD. 227 



brownish black; other under parts pale yellowish white, 

 longitudinally striped on the neck and breast with brownish 

 black; wings and tail brown, tinged with cinnereous; quills 

 for the greater part of their length white on their inner 

 webs; tail feathers white at their bases. Plumage of the 

 tibiae and tarsi pale reddish yellow, spotted with brown. 

 Other specimens have the throat and breast with the black 

 color predominating, 



" Young Male. — Entire upper parts light ashy brown, 

 more or less mixed with white, especially on the head, and 

 fulvous; under parts yellowish white and dark brown, the 

 latter assuming the form of longitudinal stripes on the 

 breast, and narrow transverse stripes on the abdomen; tarsi 

 and tibiae dark brown, striped with dull white and reddish; 

 greater part of quills and tail white. The cere and legs 

 yellow. 



" Dimensions. — Female, total length 23 to 24 inches ; 

 wing 17 to 17|; tail 9 inches. Male, total length about 20 to 

 21 inches; wing 16 to 16^; tail 8 to 8^ inches." 



[Specimens of Arohihuteo Sancti Johannis are quite 

 plentil'ul in the neighborhood of Cleveland (his winter, 

 (Deceml)er, 1858.) Some are in splendid plumage and 

 very dark colored. Prol'. Kirtland saw a fine one in the 

 act of capturing a mouse a few days ago. They seem to 

 search the meadows for this kind of game, and should be 

 welcomed by our farmers for this service. They will not 

 kill chickens.] — Ed. Ohio FarmeT. 



2. Archibuteo Logopus, Gmelin. — Rough Legged Buzzard. 



Wilson's Amer. Orn., IV., pi. 33, fig. 1 ; Gould's Birds of 

 Europe, L, pi. 15; Audubon's Birds of Am., Folio edition, 

 pi. 166. 



There is considerable difference of opinion among natur- 

 alists in regard to the identity of this bird, specimens 



