CLVIIT. 



BUTEO LAGOPUS. 



Rough-legged Buzzard. 



I was not at all aware, till it was made known to me through 

 the pages of Mr. Yarrell's book, that there was any record- 

 ed instance of the Rough-legged Buzzard having been 

 more than a temporary visitor of this country. 



It is however there stated, upon the authority of Mr. 

 Williamson, of Scarborough, that " it occasionally breeds 

 in a precipitous dell near Hackness, in Yorkshire ; and 

 that a marked female returned a second year with a new 

 mate to her favourite haunt." 



It is an abundant species in some of the extensive forests 

 of Germany. I noticed several whilst travelling through 

 some of the wilder parts of Baden and Wirtemberg, hunt- 

 ing over the vineyards and fields of Indian com which 

 border on the woody districts. 



It breeds, like the other allied species of Hawks, in pre- 

 cipitous rocks and lofty trees, laying from three to five 

 eggs, differing — like those of the Common Buzzard — con- 

 siderably in their colour, some specimens being nearly 

 white, whilst others are darker and more blotched with co- 

 lour than the one from which I have drawn my figure, de- 

 pending in this respect chiefly upon the age of the female 

 bird. 



The egg figured is from the cabinet of my friend Mr. 

 James Tuke, of York. 



