ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 
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n a p ro res. 
FALCON I DAI. 
ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 
Buteo lagopus. 
PLATE XIV. FIG. III. 
It was not known till communicated through the pages 
of Mr.YarreH’s “ Birds,” that the Rough-legged Buzzard 
was more than a temporary visitor of this country. 
It is however there stated, upon the authority of Mr. 
Williamson of Scarborough, and I have pleasure in con¬ 
firming that statement, through the kindness of my friend, 
James Tuke, of York, who has visited the neighbourhood, 
and made personal inquiries on the subject, “ that it occa¬ 
sionally breeds in a precipitous dell near Hackness in 
Yorkshire, and that a marked female returned a second 
year with a new mate to her favourite haunt.” 
The Rough-legged Buzzard is an abundant species in 
some of the extensive forests of Germany. I noticed 
several, whilst travelling through some of the wilder parts 
of Baden and Wirtemberg, hunting over the vineyards 
and fields of Indian corn which border on the woody 
districts. It breeds, like the other allied species of hawks, 
in precipitous rocks and lofty trees, laying from three to 
five eggs, differing considerably in their colour; some 
specimens being nearly white, whilst others are darker and 
more blotched with colour than the one from which I have 
drawn my figure. They differ so little from eggs of the 
Common Buzzard, that no dependance can be placed 
upon those being genuine which pass through the hands 
of a dealer. 
