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dual which, having a remarkably large bill, and strong 

 feet, must have been old, and which yet was of a near- 

 ly uniform chocolate-brown all over, except a patch of 

 brownish-white on the occiput. Temminck, in his Ma- 

 nual, gives the same description for the males and the 

 females ; and yet, in the third part of the same work, 

 recently published, affirms that the old female differs 

 much from the old male, but without explaining in 

 what respects. He observes, however, that the male, 

 in the intermediate state, has six or seven more or less 

 distinct bands on the tail-feathers, at first red, and af- 

 terwards grey, which in the old bird are entirely ef- 

 faced. However this may be, the species in every state 

 is easily recognised. 



I have preferred the specific name aeruginosus, giveu 

 by Linnaeus to this bird, to that of rufus, applied by 

 Gmelin, Latham, and others, to the same species in a 

 different state of plumage, while they also admitted the 

 species, as established by their master. Moor Buzzard, 

 Moor or Marsh Harrier, Harpy, Duck Hawk, and Kite, 

 are all names used for this bird. 



Falco aeruginosus. Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 130. 



Falco aeruginosus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. p. 25. 



Falco rufus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. p. 25. 



Moor Buzzard. Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Busard Harpaye, ou de Marais- Falco rufus. Temm. Man,. 



d'Ornith. part i. p. 69. 

 Buteo aeruginosus. Moor Buzzard. Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 55. 

 Marsh Harrier. Circus rufus. Selby, Ilhistr. vol. i. p. 66. 



