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*39c. Circus approximans drummondi Math. & New Zealand. 
b. 
40. 
f*41. 
T4la. 
a. 
Iredale, Ibis, 1913, p. 419. 
New Zealand Harrier. 
[New Zealand. | 
Said to be smaller and darker than C. a. 
gouldi ; wing ¢ 398 mm. 
Thighs rufous, the feathers margined with 
white. 
Circus ramvorus (Daud.), Traité, i1., p. 
170 (1800). [Ex Levaillant, S. Africa.] 
S. African Marsh Harrier. 
Wing 3 382, 9 394 mm. ; throat and chest 
brown, the feathers margined with white ; 
abdomen rufous ; upper tail-coverts orange 
rufous, tipped with white. 
Circus aruginosus eruginosus (Linn.), S.N., 
1., p. 91 (1758). [Europe: type loc. Swe- 
den, apud Hartert.] 
Marsh Harrier. 
Wing 3 385-418, 2 392-435 mm. ; throat 
and chest creamy buff, the latter streaked 
with brown ; upper tail-coverts white. 
Circus e@ruginosus harterti, Zedl., J.f.0., 
1914, p. 133. [N. Algeria and Marocco.} 
Hartert’s Harrier. 
Wing ¢ (Andalusia) 380-390 mm. ; ¢ much 
brighter coloration, more black and white ; 
head whiter; secondaries and tail light 
bluish grey ; (Q lighter). 
Above black or blackish. 
Thighs white. 
Sa Adnica:. 
North to Trans- 
vaal and 
Nyasaland. 
Europe ; Siberia 
(rare) ;1n winter 
to India, China, 
Japan, 
Philippine Is., 
Africa. 
N. Africa ; 
S. Spain. 
