HARPURHEY 



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HARRIER 



Harpsichord. 



Mechanism 



of jack 



harpsichord proper is usually 

 shaped like the modern grand 

 piano, but spinets and virginals 

 and some other forms, are some 

 times given the name. No expres 

 sion, in the full sense of the word 

 is possible on the harpsichord, but 

 in the 18th century instruments 

 had elaborate contrivances foi 

 securing variety, such as an extra 

 keyboard, stops controlling plec- 

 tra of various degrees 

 of hardness, and a swell 

 (g.v.). 



A. Jack. 



B. Plectrum oi quill o: 



leather. 



C. String. 



D. Damper to stop sound 



when jack returns to 

 place. 



> Dotted lines showing 

 plectrum falling out 

 of the way when de- 

 scending. 



Spring, of bristle, to 

 restore the plectrum 

 carrier to the vertical 

 position 



Harpurhey. Suburb of Man- 

 chester. To the N.E. of the city 

 proper, it is mainly a district 

 covered with the smaller class of 

 houses, factories and the like. Here 

 is Queen's Park, while the river Irk 

 runs through the district. Tram- 

 ways connect it with the centre of 

 Manchester. See Manchester. 



Harpy. In heraldry, a fabulous 

 creature, having the head and 

 bust of a woman, the body, wings, 

 legs, and tail of a vulture. See 

 Harpies. 



Harpy Eagle (Thrasaetvs har- 

 py ia). Large and powerful bird of 

 prey, found in Central and S. 

 America. Its general colour is 

 white, with a black back and tail 

 and grey wings ; on the head is a 

 crest of feathers which when 

 erected gives the bird a somewhat 

 owl-like aspect. It is not a true 

 eagle, but is placed between the 

 eagle and the buzzard. It is 

 slightly over a yard in length, and 

 has a strongly curved beak and 

 powerful claws. It is found in the 

 forests, usually near a river or 

 stream, and spends much of its 

 time watching on the topmost 

 boughs of some dead tree. It will 

 kill animals much larger than it- 

 self, young deer, peccaries, mon- 

 keys, badgers, and sloths being 

 among its favourite prey. It nests 

 either in a tall tree or on the ledge 

 of an inaccessible cliff. 



Harraden, BEATRICE (b. 1864). 

 English novelist. Born at Hamp- 

 stead, London, she was educated 

 at Cheltenham Ladies' College and 

 London University. She first made 

 her reputation with Ships that 

 Pass in the Night, 1893, a story 

 depending for its interest almost 

 entirely upon its fine character 

 studies. Other novels include The 



Fowler, 1899. 

 Katherine 

 F re n s h am. 

 1903; The 

 Scholar's 

 Daughter, 

 1906: and 

 Spring Shall 

 Plant, 1920 

 In Va r y i n g 

 Moods, 1894, 

 is a volume of 

 clever short 

 stories. 



Harrar OR HARAU. Town ol 

 Abyssinia, 200 m. W. of Berbera. 

 It is substantially built, surrounded 

 by walls, and stands at an eleva 

 tion of 6,000 ft. 

 A large trading j 

 centre, it is noted f 

 for the coffee kfefeita^ 

 grown in the Mgf 

 neighbourhood | 

 The Harrar Mts. I 

 form a S.E. exten ' 4 , /+ 

 sion of the Abys- 

 sinian highlands. 

 Pop. about 50,000. 

 Harrier. Breed 

 of hound used for 

 hunting the hare 

 by scent. In ap- 

 pearance it closely 

 resembles the fox- 

 hound, but in size 

 is intermediate between that hound 

 and the beagle, standing about 

 20 ins. high at the shoulder. Pro- 

 bably it was derived from a small 

 strain of foxhound, and in England 

 most of the harriers are actually 

 crossed with that breed. In Wales 

 the pure-bred strain is still to be 

 found. 



The harrier may be readily dis- 

 tinguished from a small foxhound 

 by its longer and more pointed 

 ears, and it should have a rather 



Harrier. A winning bound in o 

 harrier and beagle show 



narrower and longer head. About 

 150 packs are now kept in the 

 United Kingdom, most of them in 



Harrar, 



Harpy Eagle, a large South Ameri- 

 can bird of prey 



Abyssinia. One of the city gates 



Ireland, where the sport of hare- 

 hunting is very popular. The hunt 

 is a somewhat slow one, but har- 

 riers will follow a cold scent that 

 would completely baffle the ordin- 

 ary foxhound. See Dog; Fox- 

 hound. 



Harrier (Circus). Genus ot 

 hawks, including about 18 species. 

 They are slender in form, with un 

 usually long tBjjjji 

 legs and wings, I 

 and compara- 

 tively short 

 and small 

 beaks. They 

 do not fre- 

 quent trees, 

 but are usually 

 found in 

 marshy d i s- 

 tricts, where 

 they prey 

 upon fish and 

 frogs, in addi- Harrier. Specimen 

 tion to smafl of Circus c y aneus 

 birds and mammals. Three species 

 occur in Great Britain. The hen 

 harrier (C. cyaneus), so called from 

 its habit of preying upon poultry, 

 has now become rare. Montagu's 

 harrier (C. cineraceus) was for- 

 merly common, but is now seldom 

 seen"; and the marsh harrier (C. 

 aeruyinosua), the largest of the 

 three, has been almost extermin- 

 ated in England. The bird takes 

 its name from harrying small birds. 



