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b R D. I. G E N. I. FALCON. 



SPE. XIV. ROUGH LEGGED FALCON. 



PI. 14. 

 Falco Lagopus. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 19, No. 33. 



This bird is in length near two feet : the bill is fhort and flender, of a pale 

 blue colour, with the tip black : cere yellow : eyes likewife yellow: head grey j 

 dafhed with brown : breaft yellowilh white j marked with oblong dark ftrokes : 

 back and wing feathers orange brown, edged with white, and mixed with dark 

 brown: quills dull black: tail orange brown; neatly banded with dull black : 

 thighs pale orange; minutely barred with dark brown: legs feathered quite to 

 the toes ; which are very fmall and Hender, and of a yellow colour. 



This was (hot in Suffolk, and is a male. One, which differed a little in its 

 markings, was alfo fhot the year following, and is in the colkaion of Mr. 

 Latham of Dartford. To this gentleman's elegant coUeftion I am greatly in- 

 debtedfor the drawings of many rare birds; and in particular for the free 

 communication of his extenfive knowledge in this branch of natural hiftory. 



