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 184 BIRDS OF EGYPT. ^ 



Entire length 19 inches; culmen 1'3; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 14*1 ; tarsus 2*9 . i 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 34. 



168. Circus cineraceus (Mont.). Montagu s Harrier. 



Von Heuglin (Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 105) calls this a bird of 

 passage in Egypt ; and several other writers upon Egyptian 

 ornithology have included it in their Usts, in some instances, 

 to my certain knowledge, from the immature Circus pallidus 

 having been mistaken for this species. I myself have shot 

 three such specimens in Egypt. The Pale-chested Harrier, 

 however, may easily be distinguished by the wing being 

 shorter in proportion to the size of the bird than it is in the 

 present species. These specimens rather closely resemble 

 the female, but are without spots on the under surface of 

 the body. 



Male. — Upper parts and two centre tail-feathers grey; 

 primaries black ; secondaries with three dusky bars, only one 

 of which is visible from above; two outer tail-feathers on 

 each side white, barred with chestnut, and tipped with dusky 

 grey ; throat grey ; under surface of the body white, with 

 chestnut streaks on the centre of the feathers ; legs, cere, and 

 ii'ides yellow ; beak black. 



Entire length 17 inches ; culmen 1 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 13'5 ; tarsus 2. 



Female. — Above brown, with the centre of the feathers 

 darker, lightest on the head ; under surface pale ferruginous 

 brown, with longitudinal chestnut spots on the centres of the 

 feathers. 



