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white, spotted with light reddish brown, the back and 

 scapulars the same, edged with white ; the quill fea- 

 thers are dusky, barred with ash colour ; the under 

 side of the neck, breast, belly, thighs, and rump are 

 white, on the two first are a few rust coloured spots ; 

 the middle feathers of the tail are barred with white 

 and deep brown ; the others with light and darker 

 brown ; the legs are strong. 



The size of the buzzard. Pennant. 



13. LAGOPUS. ROUGH LEGGED FALCON. 



F. Albusfusco varius,pedibus pennatis, cauda versus 

 apicem fascia latafusca. Shaw. 



The bill is dusky ; the cere and irides yellow. The 

 head, neck, and breast are yellowish white, streaked 

 with brown ; the belly is dusky brown, the scapulars 

 and wing coverts are blotched with dusky brown; the 

 former mixed with yellowish white, the latter inclin- 

 ing to ferruginous ; the quill feathers are white at the 

 base, dusky at the ends, the outer webs dashed with 

 cinereous, the shafts are white ; the tail is brown one 

 third from the end, across which are two faint bars of 

 dusky black ; the rest white, with a few spots across 

 the upper part, resembling a broken bar of brown, 

 the tip white; the upper tail coverts are white, streaked 

 with brown ; the legs are covered with pale dull yel- 

 low feathers down to the feet, spotted with brown ; 

 the thighs the same ; the feet yellow, the claws black. 

 Montagu. 



