. A history of British birds . ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZAKl). A CCIPJTRES. 115 BUTEO LAGOPUS (J. F. Grmeliii*).THE ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. But CO kifiojvis. The Rough-legged Buzzard is at once distiiiguisliedfrom the Common Buzzard last described, by having thetarsi covered, in front and on the sides, with feathers as lowdown as the origin of the toes, from which fact it has, withsome other species possessing the same peculiarity, been re-moved from the genus Biiteo, and made the type of a genusArchihuteo, a course which has met with the approval of manyauthorities. In its habits and powers
. A history of British birds . ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZAKl). A CCIPJTRES. 115 BUTEO LAGOPUS (J. F. Grmeliii*).THE ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. But CO kifiojvis. The Rough-legged Buzzard is at once distiiiguisliedfrom the Common Buzzard last described, by having thetarsi covered, in front and on the sides, with feathers as lowdown as the origin of the toes, from which fact it has, withsome other species possessing the same peculiarity, been re-moved from the genus Biiteo, and made the type of a genusArchihuteo, a course which has met with the approval of manyauthorities. In its habits and powers, however, it resembles * Falrn /ar/opim, J. P. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 260 (IT.^S}. 116 falconiD/P:. the Common Buzzard; but it does not exhibit quite the sameextent of variation in the colour of the plumage. The Rough-legged Buzzard, although it has been killed in almost everyEnglish county, and occurs, occasionally in large numbers, inthis country every year, must be regarded as the more rarebird of the two, and is usually observed in autumn or instances have been
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