BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 



(Falco Lagopus, Gm. Linn. Buse pattue y Temm.) 



THE length from the tip of the bill to end of the 

 tail twenty-two inches and a half; breadth four 

 feet four inches ; weight two pounds and a half. 

 The bill is slightly notched, short, and bluish 

 black ; cere yellow ; irides pale yellow. The head 

 straw yellow, streaked with narrow lines of brown ; 

 the breast and neck the same, but the streaks are 

 broader; the middle of the belly to the thighs 

 chocolate brown ; back and wings the same ; 

 coverts somewhat of a paler cast, the lesser edged 

 with yellow, and the greater with rather undefined 

 dirty or brownish white ; first and secondary quills 

 barred with brown ; the upper coverts of the tail 

 white, with yellowish edges, and marked with 



