RARER BRITISH BIRDS. 



RED-LEGGED FALCON. 



Falco Rufipes. BECHSTEIN. 



ALTHOUGH this bird is not often found in the British Isles, 

 it is by no means scarce on the Continent ; being common, ac- 

 cording to M. Temminck, in Russia, Poland, Austria, the Tyrol 

 in Switzerland, and within the Appenines ; but very rare in 

 France, and never found in Holland. It was first recorded as 

 a British bird, by Mr. Yarrell, in " London's Magazine of 

 Natural History," vol. iv. page 116, where he mentions three 

 observed near Horning, in Norfolk, and a fourth shot at 

 Holkham. 



The Falco Rufipes is the Ingrian Falcon of Latham. The 

 Falco Vespertinus, of Gmelin, is the female. The male bird 

 appears to be the Lead-coloured Kestrel, and the female the 

 spotted Grey Kestrel, given as varieties of the common Kestrel 

 in " Shaw's General Zoology," vol. vii. page 181. 



