In this paper we present a high-resolution spectroscopic analysis of the chemically peculiar star HD 207561 .
During a survey programme to search for new roAp stars in the Northern hemisphere , Joshi et al .
( 2006 ) observed significant photometric variability on two consecutive nights in the year 2000 .
The amplitude spectra of the light curves obtained on these two nights showed oscillations with a frequency of 2.79 mHz [ P \sim 6-min ] .
However , subsequent follow-up observations could not confirm any rapid variability .
In order to determine the spectroscopic nature of HD 207561 , high-resolution spectroscopic and spectro-polarimetric observations were carried out .
A reasonable fit of the calculated H _ { \beta } line profile to the observed one yields the effective temperature ( T _ { \mathrm { eff } } ) and surface gravity ( \log g ) as 7300 K and 3.7 dex , respectively .
The derived projected rotational velocity ( v \sin i ) for HD 207561 is 74 km s ^ { -1 } indicative of a relatively fast rotator .
The position of HD 207561 in the H-R diagram implies that this is slightly evolved from the main-sequence and located well within the \delta -Scuti instability strip .
The abundance analysis indicates the star has slight under-abundances of Ca and Sc and mild over-abundances of iron-peak elements .
The spectro-polarimetric study of HD 207561 shows that the effective magnetic field is within the observational error of 100 gauss ( G ) .
The spectroscopic analysis revealed that the star has most of the characteristics similar to an Am star , rather than an Ap star , and that it lies in the \delta -Scuti instability strip ; hence roAp pulsations are not expected in HD 207561 , but low-overtone modes might be excited .