FALCONID^. 33 



This Harrier chiefly haunts the sides of marshes, the 

 banks of rivers, and other humid places, in search of 

 lizards, mice, moths, white ants, &c. ; it usually flies low 

 and straight, and only occasionally in circles. 



[This Harrier also occurs in Ovampo Land, a specimen ob- 

 tained in Ondonga on January 22nd, 1867, having been contained 

 in Mr. Andersson^s last collection. In addition to this species, 

 Mr. Andersson states that Circus cyaneus " occurs very sparingly 

 in Damara Land ; " but I suspect that in this remark there has 

 been an error of identification, and that the specimens thus 

 referred to in reality belonged either to the present or to the 

 succeeding species, as I have never seen an example of Circus 

 cyaneus from any locality south of the equator, — Ed.] 



42. Circus cinerarius (Mont.). Montagu's Harrier. 



Circus cineracem, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 35. 



Circus (iter, Vieillot's Nouv, Diet. d'Histoire Xat. vol. iv. p. 459 



(melanism). 

 Circus cine)-arius, Strickland's Om. Synonyms, No. 247. 



„ „ Gumey, Birds Damar., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 2. 



Circus cinerascens, Layard's Cat. No. 50. 



[Mr. Andersson^s record of this species is limited to the follow- 

 ing measurements of a male : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length 17 



Length of folded wing 13 2 



,, tarsus 2 4 



„ middle toe 15 



„ tail 8 3 



hill 12 



I have seen specimens of this Harrier which were obtained 

 by Mr. Andersson at Objimbinque in Damara Land, and in On- 

 donga, Ovampo Land. — Ed.] 



43. Circus maurus (Temm.). Fuliginous Harrier. 



Falco mcmrtis, Temminck's PI. Col. pi. 461 (adult). 

 Cii-cus maurus, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 5S (immature). 

 „ „ Layard's Cat. No. 62. 



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