M. de Buffon * fays, that the laft-defcribed is the fame with the
Haggard Falcon, or N° 50. Var. B. — This gentleman’s remarks
are not made without juft foundation, for the moft part; and we
are forry that our plan, as a fynopfts, will not admit us to take
them in oftener. All that need be faid on this fubjeft is, that
the variety of the Falcon-tribe is almoft endlefs, as well as the
opinion of the different authors who treat on the fubjeft.
53*
SPOTTED
F.
D escription.
Spotted Falcon, Br. Zool, N° 55. t. 26.
Lev. Muf.
yellow : crown and hind part of the neck white, fpotted with
light reddilh brown : back and fcapulars the fame, edged with
white: quills dulky, barred with afh-colour : beneath, the neck,
breaft, belly, and thighs are white: on the neck and breaft are
a few rufty fpots: rump white: tail barred with lighter and
darker brown: middle feathers barred with white and deep
brown : the legs very ftrong.
Mr. Pennant is the only one who has defcribed this bird.
Two of them have been Ihot at Longnor, in Shropshire.
* Hijl. des Oif i. p. 259.
Falco
Falco Norwegicus, Leemius de Lapp. p. 236 ?
Graafalk, A£la nidroja, vol. iv. p. 417. t. 13 ?
Falco lagopus, Brun. orn. bar. p. 4. N° 15.
Rough-legged Falcon, Br. Zool. app. t. 1.
Lev. Muf.
*jpHE length is two feet two inches. Bill dulky: cere yellow :
head,-neck, and breaft of a yellowilh white, marked in
fome parts with oblong brown ftrokes: the belly of a deep
brown : thighs and legs of a pale yellow, marked with brown:
fcapulars blotched with brown and yellowilh white: coverts of
the wings brown, edged with ruft: ends of the primaries deep
brown; the lower parts white: the extreme half of the tail
brown, tipt with dirty white; that next the body white: legs
covered with feathers as low as the feet: the feet yellow.
This fpecies is a native of Denmark, with the former. We
owe this defcription and figure to Mr. Pennant. The fpecimen
referred to was fhot near London, and is now in the Levertan
Mufeum.
54-
ROUGHLEGGED
F.
D escription.
Le Faucon patu, Sri/, orn. vi. app. p. 22. t. i.
J T is from M. Brijfon that we have defcribed this Ipecies
fays that it is the lize of the Jerfalcon ; length one foot feven
inches and a quarter. The bill blackilh : cere and eyelids lu-
teous: parts above blackilh-brown, with a tinge of violet, and
variegated with dirty grey : beneath yellow brown, with longi-
L 2 tudinal
55-
BOSTED
F.
He D escrip t ion.