30G 



CIRCUS CYANEUS. THE RING-TAILED 

 HARRIER. 



COMMON HARRIER. I!EN HARRIER. RLUE HAWK. BLUE KITE. 

 RKOVVN KITE. BLUE OR BROWN GLEUE. BREID-AIR-TOIN. 



Fig. 231. 



Falco cyaiieus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 12G. Male. 



Falco Pygargus. Linn. Syst. Nat. L 12fi. Feniale. 



Falco cyaneus. Lath. Ind, Oni. IL 30. 



Falco cyaneus. Mont. Trans. Linn. Sec. IX. 182. 



Busard Saint Martin. Falco cyaneus. Tcmm. Man. d'Orn. L 72. 



Hen-Harrier, Circus cyaneus. Selb. lUustr. L CC. 



Buteo cyaneus. Hen-Karrier. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 89. 



The wings extending to about two inches from the tip of the 

 tail ; the fourth quill longest.^ the third almost equal. Male 

 with the plumage light bluish-greg, the outer primaries black fo- 

 tcard the end, the tail-coverts white. Female umber-brown above, 

 pale reddish-yellow longitudinally streaked xcith brown beneath, 

 tail-coverts white. Young similar to the female, with the tints 

 richer. 



