LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE. Aquila nEevia. 



Accidental visitor ; six English and one Irish record. Breeds in Central 

 Europe as far north as Pomeranian as far west as Hanover^ and as far 

 south and east as the Caucasus. Has allies in South Europe and Asia, 

 from which it is doubtful if it be specifically distinct. 



EOUaH-LEaaED BUZZARD-EAaLE. Archibuteo lagopus. 



Rare winter visitor. Breeds in Arctic Europe and Siberia as far east 

 as the Yenesei. Wanders in winter to Central and Southern Europe and 

 Russian Turkestan. 



COMMON BUZZARD. Buteo vulgaris. 



Rare resident. Resident in Europe up to lat. 66° in the west, to 59° 

 in the east. Has several close allies in Asia, from which it is doubtful 

 if it be specifically distinct. 



MARSH-HARRIER. Circus aruginosus. 



Accidental visitor, formerly resident, still locally so in Ireland. Summer 

 visitor to Central Europe, Turkestan, and South Siberia. Resident in South 

 Europe, North Africa, Persia, North China, and Japan. Winter visitor 

 to Central Africa, India, Ceylon, and. South China. Eastern examples 

 generally difler from western ones. 



HEN-HARRIER. Circus cyaneus. 



Rare winter visitor, occasionally remaining to breed. Summer visitor 

 to arctic and subarctic Europe and Asia, migrating in winter to the con- 

 fines of the Tropics, in Africa as far south as Abyssinia. 



MONTAGU'S HARRIER. Circus cineraceus. 



Rare summer visitor, occasionally allowed to breed ; very rare in 

 Scotland and Ireland. Breeds in Central and Southern Europe, Russian 

 Turkestan, and South Siberia as far east as the Yenesei. Winters in 

 Central and Southern Africa^ India, Ceylon, and Burma. 



