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HARRIER 



as above stated, it is armed, shew that it must be able to cope with 

 vigorous prey. Its appearance is sufficiently striking — the head and 



Harpy. 



lower parts, except a pectoral band, white, the former adorned with 

 an erectile crest, the upper parts dark grey banded with black, the 



wings dusky, and the tail barred ; but the 

 ft. huge bill and powerful scutellated legs most 

 ^ of all impress the beholder. The precise 

 affinities of the Harpy cannot be said to 

 have been determined. By some authors it 

 is referred to the Eagles, by others to 

 the Buzzards, and by others again to the 

 Hawks ; but possibly the first of these 

 alliances is the most likely to be true. 



HAERIER or HEN-HARRIER, from their habit of harrying 

 poultry, names given to certain Birds-of-Prey which were formerly 

 very abundant in parts of the British Islands. The first of these 

 names has now become used in a generic sense for all the species 

 ranked under the genus Circus of Lacepede, and the second confined 



Bill of Harpy. 



(After Swainson.) 



