RAPTORES. 



FALCONID.E. 



FALCONID^. 



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THE MARSH HARRIER. 



Falcn xruginosus, Moor Buzzard, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 237. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 26. 



Buteo ,, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 55. 



Circus rufiLSf Marsh Harrier, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 66. 



Buteo ,, „ ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 88. 



Circus ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 



Falco „ Busard de Marais, Tejim. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 69. 



Circus. Generic Characters. — Beak small, bending from the base, com- 

 pressed and elevated ; cutting edge of the upper mandible with a slight festoon. 

 Cere large. Nostrils oval. Lore covered with radiating hairs. Head sur- 

 rounded with a ruff of small feathers. Wings long ; the first wing- feather very 

 short, the third or fourth feather the longest. Tail long. Tarsi long, slender, 

 and naked ; claws slightly curved, and very sharp. 



