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CIRCUS CYANEUS (Linnaeus). 



HEN-HARRIER. 



§ 443. 0;z^.— England (?). From Mr. R. Mansfield, 1844. 



§ 444. Two. — Eastern England. From Mr. Harvey, of Bait's- 

 bight, 1844. 



These two eggs out of the same nest, in which there were six — an 

 unusual number according to Mr. Harvey. One of them is spotted, 

 the only one amongst them, and in fact the only spotted one I have 

 ever seen. These are said to have been from Whittlesea Mere, in the 

 middle of May. 



§ 445. 0^^.— Orkneys, 1848. 



§ 446. One. — Sutherlandshire, 1850. 



Sent by a game-keeper under the name of " Hen-Harrier." 



§ 447. Three. — Carr Bridge, Inverness-shire, 1850. 



These eggs, originally four in number, from a game -keeper near 

 the place named, who sent them the year after they were taken. 



§448. Fifteen.— Ovkn&y^, 1851. 



Out of nineteen sent me by Mr. George Harvey, of Stromness. 



§ 449. Six. — Rabbit Island, Kyle of Tongue, Sutherlandshire, 

 1852. 



Sent me as those of the " Hunting Hawk, " by a correspondent, 

 who says that he took them himself as. above. If I remember right, 

 the island is a low one, rather easily got at. The bird generally known 

 as the " Hunting Hawk^^ is, as I believe, the Peregrine Falcon; and 

 so my correspondent understands it. He evidently mistook them for 

 Peregrine's eggs. I saw the Hen-Harrier in Sutherlandshire, and so 

 did the Messrs. Milner ('Zoologist,' 1848, p. 2011). These eggs 



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