94 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



Montagu's Harrier. — This bird bears a general re- 

 semblance to the hen harrier, but is altogether of darker 

 plumage ; it has a white line extending round the front 

 part of the neck ; the white of the under parts has a 

 bluish grey tinge, and the spots on it, as well as those on 

 the tail, are rufous brown ; the bill is grey, the cere yellow, 

 and the legs and feet yellowish grey. Length of male, 

 1 foot 5 or G inches ; of female, 1 foot 7 or 8 inches. 

 In appearance like her mate, but shows a general tinge 

 of brown. 



BuzzAiM). — The colouring of this species is brown 

 above, and white, with a buff or fawn tinge, below ; the 

 latter parts are heavily spotted with light brown. 

 The brown tail is traversed by numerous bands of a 

 darker shade of the same colour. The female is mucli 

 the larger of the two. Length, 1 foot 9 or 10 inches ; 

 that of the male, 1 foot C or 7 inches. 



Rough-Legged Buzzard. — This species is altogether 

 of ligliter colour than the last. The upper parts are 

 cinnamon brown, except the fliglits, which are nearly black, 

 and the tips of the great wing coverts, which are white, 

 as also is the basal two-thirds of the tail, the remainder 

 is blackish grey. Tlie under parts are whitish, with a 

 rufous tinge and a band of dark brownish grey across 

 the belly, the whole plentifully marked with large dark 

 brown elongated spots; the shanks are clothed with bull' 

 hair like feathers. The female is the larger, measuring 2 

 feet, and the male 22 inches. They vary exceedingly 

 in appearance. The belt on the abdomen and the white on 

 the tail being the most constant; but even in these parts 

 considerable differences are to be met with in different 

 individuals. 



Specimens have occasionally been met with that were 

 more or less white. It does not breed in Britain. 



