408 HARRIER 
as above stated, it is armed, shew that it must be able to cope with 
vigorous prey. Its appearance is sufticiently striking—the head and 
Harpy. 
lower parts, except a pectoral band, white, the former adorned with 
an erectile crest, the upper parts dark grey banded with black, the 
wings dusky, and the tail barred ; but the 
hugs bill and powerful scutéllated legs most 
of all impress the beholder. The precise 
affinities of the Harpy cannot be said to 
have been determined. By some authors it 
is referred to the EAGLES, by others to 
But oF Harpy. the Buzzarps, and by others again to the 
tee Season Hawks; but possibly the first of these 
alliances is the most likely to be true. 
HARRIER or HEN-HARRIER, from their habit of harrying 
poultry, names given to certain Birds-of-Prey which were formerly 
very abundant in parts of the British Islands. The first of these 
names has now become used in a generic sense for all the species 
ranked under the genus Circus of Lacépéde, and the second confined 
