58 RAPTORES. BUTEO. Buzzard. 



tarsi scutellated. The upper part of the toes reticulated. 

 Toes short, united at the base by a membrane. Hind 

 and inner toe each with four shield- shaped scales ; outer 

 toe with five ; and the middle one with eight. Claws 

 black, strong, but not much hooked ; and very sharp. 



ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 



BuTEO Lagopus, Flem. 



PLATE VII. 



Buteo Lagopus, Shaw's Zool. 13. 47 — Flem. Br. Anim. 2. 54. No. 22. — 



Faun. Boreali-Amer. 2. 52. No. IC. pi. 28. 

 Falco Lagopus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 2C0 — Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 19. 33 — 



Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 37- 

 Falco Sclavonicus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 26. 54. 

 Falco spadiceus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. 27. sp. 57, but not the synonyms of 



Philosoph. Trans. 

 Buse Pattue, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 1. p. 65. 

 Buse Gantee, Vail. Ois. d'Afr. 1. pi. 1 8. 

 Bauchfussiger Busard, Bork. Deut. Orn. Heft, female. 

 Ilough-legged Falcon, Penn. Br. ZooL Appen — Lath. Syn. 1. p. 75. — 



Shaw's Zool. 7. p. 145 — Mont. Ornith. Diet — Id. Suppl — Beivick's Br. 



Birds, Supp Wilson's Amer. Ornith. edit, by Sir W. Jardine, 2. 54. 



pi. 33. f. 1. 

 Dusky Falcon, Pen7i. Arct. Zool. 

 Placentia Falcon, Lath. Syn. Suppl. 19. sp. 57. 



In the Appendix to Pennanfs British Zoology, a figure 

 and short description are given of this bird, under the name 

 of " the Rough-legged Falcon ;" and in the Arctic Zoology 

 of the same author, the bird described as the " Dusky Fal- 

 con*" appears to be very safely referable to the same species. 

 By many ornithologists the Falco pennatus^ a bird belong- 

 ing to the first or Aquiline section, has been confounded with 

 this species, to which it bears a close resemblance, both in 

 size and colour. It may, however, be readily distinguished 

 by the form and size of its bill, and the uniform brown co- 

 lour of the tail, which, in the bird now under description, is 

 always more or less white at the base. 



