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THE ORANGE LEGGED FALCON. 
Fatco rufipes Bechstein. 
PLATE VII. 
Falco vespertinus, Linn . — Falco rufipes, Bechst. and 
Modern Ornith. — Faucon a pieds, rouge ou Hober, 
Temm. Man. — Orange legged Hobby, Lath. Selby, 
Yarrell. — Ingrian falcon, Lath. 
The strictness with which the indigenous 
Fauna of our islands has been lately examined, 
lias led to the discovery of straggling specimens 
of this Falcon, finding their way to the British 
shores. Farther than having seen specimens of 
the species, we know nothing, and can merely 
now give a summary of what has been lately 
ascertained and written of its habits and occur- 
rence. Mr Yarrell appears to have been the 
first who called the attention of our ornithologists 
to its occasional appearance in England, and 
records it in the fourth volume of Louden’s 
Magazine of Natural History. “ Three examples 
of this small falcon were observed together at 
Horning in Norfolk, in the month of May, 1830, 
and fortunately all three were obtained. On 
examination, they proved to be an adult male 
