198 ROUGH-LEGuLD BUZZARD. 



and two were procured for our own collection. 

 Its most regular appearance seems to be on the 

 Suffolk and Norfolk downs, where, in the country 

 adjacent to the coast, it is said to commit mucn 

 depredation in the rabbit warrens. One or two 

 straggling specimens have also been killed in 

 Ireland.* 



We have little knowledge of its habits, except 

 what we can gather from others, but the accounts 

 of the authors who describe it correspond so 

 nearly, that we shall consider them correct. In 

 Europe, it seems sparingly distributed over the 

 northern parts, appearing occasionally in Britain, 

 and in Holland, and at this time principally in 

 winter or spring. On the American continent it 

 ranges over the northern division, migrating from 

 one district to another, and extending northward 

 to the fur countries, where it was found breeding 

 by the naturalists, who accompanied the overland 

 expedition. Their breeding places seem to be 

 lofty trees, the nest formed of sticks, with a slight 

 lining, the eggs white, spotted with reddish brown ;f 

 in disposition they are more shy and wary than 

 the Common Buzzard ; Richardson, speaking of 

 the bird in the fur countries, says, " Being very 

 shy, only one specimen was procured." and even 

 having discovered the eyrie, he was " fain to 



* See Mag. of Zool. and Dot. II. p. 174. 

 t Teirnninck, Man. 



