90 AVES RAPTORES. [BUTEO. 



in the beginning or middle of June. Obs. The Ring-tail of English 

 authors is the female of this species. 



19. B. cineraceus, Flem. (Ash-coloured Harrier.) 

 Upper plumage (male) bluish ash, (female) reddish brown : 

 third primary much longer than the others : secondaries 

 with three black transverse bars : wings reaching to the 

 extremity of the tail. 



Falco cineraceus, Mont, in Linn. Trans, vol. ix. p. 188. Temm. 

 Man. d"0rn. torn. i. p. 76. Ash-coloured Harrier, Selb. Illust. 

 vol. i. p. 70. pi. 11. Ash-coloured Falcon, Mont. Orn. Diet, and 

 Supp. with Jig, Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 37. 

 DIMENS. Entire length seventeen inches : length of the hill (from the 

 forehead) ten lines, (from the gape) eleven lines and a half; of the tarsus 

 two inches three lines ; of the tail eight inches two lines; from the carpus 

 to the end of the wing thirteen inches nine lines. Female. 



DESCRIPT. (Adult male.) Head, throat, breast, and all the upper 

 parts of the body, deep bluish ash : belly, sides, and thighs, white, with 

 longitudinal rust-coloured streaks : primaries black ; secondaries ash- 

 gray above, paler beneath, with three transverse dusky bars, one of 

 which is visible externally : under wing-coverts barred with reddish 

 brown : two middle tail-feathers brownish gray ; the rest cinereous, 

 their inner webs barred with reddish brown : bill bluish black : irides 

 and feet yellow. (Adult female.) Crown of the head reddish brown, with 

 dusky spots : nape yellowish red, sometimes approaching to white : above 

 and below the eye a pale fascia : upper parts of the body deep brown, the 

 feathers with reddish edges: lower part of the rump, and tail-coverts, 

 white, streaked with pale orange-brown: all the under parts bright 

 ferruginous, with the shafts of the feathers somewhat darker, appearing 

 like fine slender streaks : tail with the two middle feathers of an uniform 

 brown ; the rest with brown and ferruginous bars. (Young of the year.) 

 Upper plumage much resembling that of the adult female : under parts 

 of an uniform rust-red colour, without any spots or streaks : irides brown. 

 (Egg.) White : long. diam. one inch seven lines ; trans, diam. one inch 

 four lines. 



First discovered by Montagu in Devonshire : has since been occasion- 

 ally met with in the North of England, and likewise in the fens of Cam- 

 bridgeshire. Nest placed on the ground ; often amongst furze : the eggs, 

 which are generally four in number, are hatched about the second week 

 in June. 



GEN. 7. BUBO, Isid, Geoff. 



(1. BUBO, Cuv.) 



20. B. maximuS) Flem. (Eagle Owl.) Upper plumage 

 variegated with black and ochre : under parts ochre-yellow, 

 with longitudinal black spots. 



Strix Bubo, Temm. Man. dOrn. torn. i. p. 100. Eagle Owl, Selb. 

 Illust. vol. i. p. 82. pi. 19. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 52. Great- 

 eared Owl, Mont. Orn. Diet. 



