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THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



MOXTAGU'S HARRIER. Circus cineracius, Montgu. 



Yarrell, i. p. 138; ffarttng, p. 7 ; Dresser, v. p. 423; Seebohm, 

 i. p. 131 ; Ibis List, p. 93. 



Montagu's Harrier, which is smaller and more 

 slender than the Hen Harrier, is occasionally met 

 with in the county. One was killed at Wareham, 

 September i ; one at Swanage, October 30 ; a 

 second at Swanage, November 26, 1867; and a 

 third at Swanage, 25th June 1869. One was seen 

 at Lytchett Maltravers by Professor Newton in 

 1870, and one on Morden Heath in 1872; others 



