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THE ORANGE LEGGED FALCON. 



Falco rufipes BECHSTEIN. 



PLATE VII. 



Falco vespertinus, Linn, Falco rufipes, JBechst. and 

 Modern Ornith. Faucon a pieds, rouge ou Hober, 



Tenon. Man Orange legged Hobby, Lath. Seity, 



Yarrell Ingrian falcon, Lath. 



THE strictness with which the indigenous 

 Fauna of our islands has been lately examined, 

 has led to the discovery of straggling specimens 

 of this Falcon, finding their way to the British 

 shores. Farther than having seen specimens of 

 the species, we know nothing, and can merely 

 now give a summary of what has been lately 

 ascertained and written of its habits and occur- 

 rence. Mr Yarrell appears to have been the 

 first who called the attention of our ornithologists 

 to its occasional appearance in England, and 

 records it in the fourth volume of Louden's 

 Magazine of Natural History. " Three examples 

 of this small falcon were observed together at 

 Horning in Norfolk, in the month of May, 1830, 

 and fortunately all three were obtained. On 

 examination, they proved to be an adult male 



