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primaries and a black bar across the secondaries ; 

 the outer tail feathers are marked with reddish 

 brown and white bars. The under parts below the 

 breast are white, streaked with reddish brown. 

 The female is nearly uniform brown on the upper 

 parts, streaked with rufous on the head and neck ; 

 the wings and tail are brown, some of the quills 

 in the former and all the latter barred with 

 darker brown ; the under parts are white streaked 

 with rufous. The young somewhat closely re- 

 semble the female, but the upper plumage shows 

 more buff margination, and the under surface is 

 buff streaked with reddish brown. The total 

 length of this Harrier is about eighteen or nineteen 

 inches. Montagu's Harrier may be distinguished in 

 any plumage by the absence of a notch in the outer 

 web of the fifth primary. 



