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The Marsh- Harrier is spread over the whole of Europe, 

 Western Asia, and Africa. It was formerly abundant through- 

 out Great Britain and Ireland ; is now scarce and known to 

 breed but in few localities. 



CirCUS cyaneus. HEN-HARKIER. 

 ifalco cyaneus, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 126 (1766). 



Falco pygargus, Naum. i. p. 391. 



Circus cyaneus, Macg. iii. p. 366 ; Hewitson, p. 47 ; Gray, 

 p. 17 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 101 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 108 ; Newton, 

 i. p. 132; Gould, i. pi. 26; Harting, p. 7; Dresser, v. 

 p. 431. 



The Hen Harrier, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 94. 



Cyaneus = xvaveos, dark blue. 



Inhabits the whole of Europe and Asia ; visits Northern 

 India and Abyssinia in winter. Formerly common in fenny 

 districts in Great Britain and Ireland ; now rare. 



Circus cineraceus. MONTAGU'S HAREIEE. 



Falco cineraceus (Falcon, Ash -coloured), Montagu, 

 Orn. Diet. i. F. 2 (1802). 



Falco cineraceus, Naum. i. p. 402. 



Circus cineraceus, Macg. iii. p. 378 ; Hewitson, p. 49 ; Gray, 



p. 18; Newton, i. p. 138; Harting, p. 7; Dresser, v. 



p. 423. 



Circus montagui, Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 107 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 114. 

 Circus cinerasceus, Gould, i. pi. 27. 

 Montagu's Harrier, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 100. 



Cineraceus = of the colour of ashes, cineres. 



Found all over Europe, Asia, and Africa: formerly a 

 numerous resident in fenny districts in England ; now rare. 

 A straggler in Scotland and Ireland. 



Genus BUTEO, Lacepede, Me*m. de 1'Inst. iii. p. 506 (1800). 



Buteo, a kind of Hawk known to Pliny. Cognate with /3vcrs, (3va t bubo, 

 bubere = to cry like a Bittern, bucca = the cheek, &c. (Vani9ek). 



