£28 ROUGH LEGGED FALCON. Class IL 



13. Rough Faico lagopus. F. cera pedi- Roughlegged Falcon. Br .Zoo/. 



LeggeDj busque pennatis luteis, corpere ii. App. 52g. ArcL ZooL i. 



fusco exalbido vario, rectrici- 233. Dusky Falcon? il. i. 



has fuscis basi dimidia apU 248. 



ceque albis. Lath. Tnd. orn. IQ. Falco lagopus. Gm. Lin. 260. 



id. Syn. i. 73. id. Sup. i. 18. Brumiich, No. 15. Leems. 



'' ' - -- -- Lapon.236'. po^ .■■l.3.<: 



XHIS species is a native of Denmarhy but 

 was shot near London, and was preserved in the 

 Leveinan museums ffcstvi^ Y^l^^'ssns^. mvk '3.H 1. 

 Descrip- ItS' length is two feet two inches ; that of the 



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wing, when closed, eighteen inches ; the bill 

 dusky : the cere and irides yellow : the head, 

 neck and breast of a yellowish white, marked in 

 some parts with oblong brown strokes: the 

 belly of a deep brown; thighs and legs of a 

 pale yellow, marked with brown; the scapulars 

 blotched with brown and j^ellowish white ; co- 

 verts of the wings brown, edged with rust co- 

 lor; ends of tlie primaries deep brown; the 

 lower parts white : the extreme half of the tail 

 brown, tipt with dirty white ; the part next to 

 the body white. Legs covered with feathers as 

 low as the feet: feet yellow; claws black*, i: 



* The editor received a specimen which had been shot in 

 Suffolk, exactly corresponding with the above description. An- 



