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^ Above dark brown, crown and nape rufous with dark 

 striations, greater coverts, inner primaries, secondaries and tail 

 ashy grey ; beneath rufous striated brown ; ruff interru^pted in 

 front. 9 Above paler, crown and generally some feathers on carpal 

 ridge ochreous buff; wings, tail, and underparts uniform red 

 brown. Bill blue black. Cere, legs, feet and iris yellow, ist 

 primary between 5th and 6th, 4th longest. Wing (^ 385-420, 

 9 385-430. Tarsus 78-86. Bill 23-27. Young : uniform intense 

 dark brown ; crown (variable), chin, and generally a patch on 

 breast ochreous buff. 



Breeds. — British Isles (rare) ; Continental Europe from S. 

 Sweden and about 5c/ in N. Russia south to Mediterranean 

 and east to Urals ; Lower Egypt ; and in W. Asia, Migrates ; 

 occurs N. Africa on passage. Winters tropical Africa and 

 India. Rare visitor Norway, Denmark, Faroes, Madeira, 

 Canary Islands. 



C. eeruginosus harterti Zedlitz. ^ Upper parts darker ; 

 crown whiter, streaks more distinct ; more white on carpal ridge ; 

 beneath variable ; some very white with rufous on abdomen 

 and thighs ; others deep brown and rufous with white only 

 on throat and breast. 9 Whiter on crown and carpal ridge than 

 i "azruginosus." 



Resident. — N.W. Africa and possibly S. Spain and Egypt. 



Circus cyaneus cyaneus (L.). Hen -Harrier. Fr. 

 Busard Saint-Martin ; Gcr. Kornweihe ; Hal. Albanella reale ; 

 Swed. Bla Karrhok. 



(^ Above grey, occasionally with brown shade ; central tail 

 feathers grey, the others white, irregularly barred or spotted grey ; 

 upper tail coverts white ; beneath, throat and chest grey, breast, 

 abdomen, and under tail coverts white ; primaries white at base, 

 inner webs of secondaries entirely or partly white ; under wing 

 coverts white ; ruff complete. 9 Above brown, some rufous 

 margins ; a white patch above and below eye ; primaries beneath 

 white with dark bars ; underparts reddish buff streaked dark 

 brown. Bill Ijlack, bluish at base. Cere, legs, feet, and iris 

 yellow. 1st primary shorter than 6th, 2nd to 5th cmarginate. 

 ^Ving (j 333-355^ ? 372-392. Tarsus 66-73. l^iU 19-21. Young: 

 more rufous especially on head and underparts. 



