14 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
Circus cyaneus (Bote). Hen Harrier. 
Provinces L.—VIII. X.—X VIII. 
Subprovinces 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, (10), 11, (12), 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 
22, 23-32, 34-37, 38. 
Lat. 50°-61°. “ British” type, or general. 
Scarce in the south-eastern and midland counties, and already 
extirpated in many of them; frequent in the north and some 
parts of the west of England, and still more common in Scotland. 
Crrcus cINERACEUS (Naum.). Montagu’s Harrier. 
Provinces I.-IV. V.? VIII. X. XVII.? 
Subprovinces (2), 3, 4; 7, (10), 11, (12), 15 ?, (19),.22, 25,055 
Lat. 50°-55° or 58°. “ English” type. Not in Ireland. 
A scarce species. Until recently, appears to have been a 
regular summer visitant to some of the southern and eastern 
counties. 
Formerly found nesting in Devonshire by Montagu, and still 
breeds occasionally in Somerset, Dorset, Kent, and Norfolk. 
Extinct in Devon, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, and Lincoln. 
In Shropshire Mr. Shaw once obtained a female that had been 
recently sitting ; and a nest, found on the Whitby Moors, near 
Scarborough, is recorded in Dr. Morris’s ‘ Naturalist’ fer 1855. 
Mr. Hancock writes that he has two young birds which were 
bred in Cumberland. There appears to be some doubt whether 
the species has been properly identified in Scotland, though Mr. 
Dunbar tells me that he has “eggs and birds from Sutherland.” 
Sir W. Milner also includes it in his list of birds found in that 
county (Zoologist, p. 2014). This species is believed to have 
occurred once in Ayrshire, according to Thompson’s ‘ Birds of 
Ireland’ (vol. i. p. 83). 
Orus vutearis (Flem.). Long-eared Owl. 
Provinces I.—X VII. 
Subprovinces 2, 3, 4, 6, (8), 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 
21-32, 34, 35. 
Lat. 50°-59°.  “ British” type, or general. 
Apparently more frequent in the north of England and in 
