reference to the prevailing tone of the cplour of the feathers.
The upper part of the head, occiput, and cheeks, pale brown,
streaked longitudinally with darker brown ; the whole of the
back, wing-coverts, upper tail-coverts, and upper surface of
the tail-feathers, dark clove brown, the latter barred with
lighter brown, the feathers of the former named parts having
lighter-coloured edges; the wing-primaries brownish black ;
the chin and throat almost white ; front of the neck, breast,
under wing-coverts, belly, and thighs, greyish white, spotted
and streaked with brocoli brown; under tail-coverts white;
under surface of the tail-feathers greyish white, barred transversely
with dark wood brown; legs and toes yellow; the
claws black.
The vignette below, is from a sketch of the Buzzard, taken
in the garden referred to at page 78.
TH E ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD.
Falco lagopus, Rough-legged Falcon, P enn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 2 28.
,, Mont. Ornith. Diet.
„ B ewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 20.
Buteo ,, ,, Buzzard, F lem. Brit. An. p. 54.
,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 58.
,, J enyns, Brit. Vert. p. 87.
,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii.
Falco ,, Buse Pattue, T emm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 65.
T h e R o u g h - l e g g e d B u z z a r d is at once distinguished
from the Common Buzzard last described, by having the
tarsi covered with feathers as low down as the junction of the
toes. In its habits and powers, however, it resembles the