20 



Temminck as rare as in England. Its flight is 

 easy and graceful, though, low, for it seldom flies 

 except from one tree to another, its deficiency in 

 this respect being compensated for by the speed 

 with which it runs along the ground, its motion, 

 which is like that of our common fowls, being 

 very fast. It builds its nest in lofty trees, forming 

 it of twigs, &c., and lining it with wool, and other 

 suitable materials. Its eggs, generally two in 

 number, are blotched with a faint and deep red 

 on a paler ground. The author has a pair of these 

 birds (with their eggs,) killed inthe New Forest a 

 few years since. 



BUZZARD, ROUGH-LEGGED. 



FALCO LAGOPUS, Temm. 



The Rough-Legged Buzzard, which is much rarer 

 than the Common Buzzard, inhabits the North of 

 Europe, and is scattered southward over that Con- 

 tinent to the shores of the Mediterranean. It is 

 found also in the United States and in Africa. In 

 this country it is usually observed in the spring and 

 autumn, when it changes its latitude from south to 

 north, or vice versd. It goes northward to breed, 

 flying slowly on its passage, during which it may 

 be observed sitting for a long time on the boughs 

 of a tree, watching for mice, frogs, &c., or skimming 

 over swampy ground^ and hunting for its prey by 



