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RAPTORER. 



FALCONIDjE. 



FALCONIDJZ. 



THE MARSH HARRIER. 



Circus ceruginoms. 



Falco ceruginosus, Moor Buzzard, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 237. 



MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 26. 



Buteo FLEM. Brit. An. p. 55. 



Circus rufus, Marsh Harrier, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 66. 



Buteo JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 88. 



Circus GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Falco Busard de Marais, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 69. 



CIRCUS. Generic Characters. Beak small, bending from the base, com- 

 pressed and elevated ; cutting edge of the upper mandible with a slight 

 festoon. Cere large. Nostrils oval. Lore covered with radiating hairs. 

 Head surrounded with a ruff of small feathers. Wings long; the first 



