RARER BRITISH BIRDS. 
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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 “ Loudon’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. 
