198 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 
and two were procured for our own collection. 
Its most regular appearance seems to be on the 
Suffolk and Norfolk downs, where, in the country 
adjacent to the coast, it is said to commit mucn 
depredation in the rabbit warrens. One or two 
straggling specimens have also been killed in 
Ireland.* 
We have little knowledge of its habits, except 
’ what we can gather from others, but the accounts 
of the authors who describe it correspond so 
nearly, that we shall consider them correct. In 
Europe, it seems sparingly distributed over the 
northern parts, appearing occasionally in Britain, 
and in Holland, and at this time principally in 
winter or spring. On the American continent it 
ranges over the northern division, migrating from 
one district to another, and extending northward 
to the fur countries, where it was found breeding 
by the naturalists who accompanied the overland 
expedition. Their breeding places seem to be 
lofty trees, the nest formed of sticks, with a slight 
lining, the eggs white, spotted with reddish brown ;f 
in disposition they are more shy and wary than 
the Common Buzzard ; Richardson, speaking of 
the bird in the fur countries, says, “ Being very 
shy, only one specimen was procured,” and even 
having discovered the eyrie, he was “ fain to 
* See Mag. of Zool. and Bot. II. p. 174. 
t Temminck, Man. 
