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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rough·leg n. Zool. Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes.  Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.
 Note:The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe, with its darker American variety (Sancti-johannis). The latter is often nearly or quite black. The ferruginous roughleg (Archibuteo ferrugineus) inhabits Western North America.