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THE ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 
Buteo lagopus. — Fleming. 
PLATE XVII. 
Falco lagopus, Gmel. and Lath Buteo lagopus, Fleming. 
— Buse pattue, Temm Rough-legged Falcon, Pennant, 
Montague, Wilson, Northern Zool. §"c — Rough-legged 
Buzzard, Selby. 
The Rough-legged Buzzard is a much more 
uncommon species than the next we shall de- 
scribe, even in the countries more peculiarly 
its own. Here it is only an occasional visitant, 
appearing pretty frequently and with regularity 
in the south of England ; but in the north and in 
Scotland visiting the shores only at uncertain 
periods, sometimes a scattered few only being seen, 
at others they arrive in some profusion. Thus, 
in 1815, Mr Selby mentions, “that Northumber- 
land was visited by some of these birds, and 
several opportunities were afforded me of inspect- 
ing both living and dead specimens.”* In 1823 
several specimens were shot in East-Lothian, five 
or six were brought into Edinburgh newly killed, 
Brit. Ornith. i. p. 59. 
