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RAPTORES. CIRCUS. 



HARRIER. 



HEN HARRIER. 



CIRCUS CYANEUS) Flem. 



PLATE X. 



Male and 

 Female. 



Syn. of Adult 

 and middle- 

 aged Male. 



Syn. of Fe- 

 male and 

 Young. 



( Circus cyaneus, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 5.3. 20. 



-? Falco cyaneus, Mont. Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 9. p. 182. Meyer, Taschenb- 

 I Deut. v. 1. p. 182. 



Falco cyaneus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 276 Linn. Syst. 1. p. 126. 10. Lath. 



Ind. Ornith. 1. 39. 94 Mutter, No. 74. 



Falco torquatus (mas.), Eriss. Ornith. 1. p. 345. Ib. 8vo, p. 100. 



Falco Bohemicus, Ginel. Syst. 1. p. 299. sp. 107- Falco albicans, Id. 



p. 276. sp. 102. 



Falco griseus, Gmel p. 275. sp. 100 Lath. Ind. Ornith. I. p. 37, 86. 

 Falco montanus, Gmel. 1. p. 278. sp. 106. var. B. 

 Lanarius cinereus, Briss. 1. p. 365. 17- Id. 8vo. p. 106. 

 L'Oiseau St Martin, Buff. Ois. v. 1. p. 212 Id. PI. Enl. 459. 

 Busard St Martin, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 1. p. 72. 

 Busard a croupion blanc, Vail. Ois. d'Afriq. Sept. v. 1. PI. 8. 

 Kore oder Halbweihe, Bechst. Tasch. Deut. p. 25. sp. 20. 

 Hen Harrier, Brit. Zool. 1. No. 58. t. 28 Will. (Angl.) p. 72 Albin, 



2. t. 5 Lath. Syn. v. 1. p. 88 Id. Suppl. p. 22 Lewin's Birds, 1. 



t. 18 Hayes' Br. Birds Mont. Ornith. Diet. v. I Id. Suppl 



Wale. Syn. t. 17 Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 33 Pult. Cat. Dorset. 



p. 3 Don. Br. Birds, 3. t. 59 Low's Fau. Oread, p. 37 Shawls 



Zool 7. p. 163. 

 New York Falcon, Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 209. 



f Falco Pygargus, Linn. 1. p. 126. 11 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 277. sp. II. 

 Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 39. 94 Rail Syn. p. 17. 5. (fern.) Muller, 

 No. 74. Will. p. 40. 



Falco Hudsonii et Buffonii, Gmel. 2. p. 277. sp. 19. and 103. 



Falco rubiginosus, Lath. Ind, Ornith. 1. p. 27- sp. 56. 



Falco torquatus (fern.), Briss. 1. p. 345. 7 Ib. 8vo, p. 100. 



La Soubuse, Buff. Ois. v. 1. p. 215. t. 9 Id. PI. Enl. 443. young female, 

 and 480, young male. 



Le Busard GrenouiUard, Vail. Ois. d'Afriq. 1. PI. 23. 



Ring-tail, Br. Zool. 1. No. 59 Id. fol. p. 68. t. A. 7 Lath. Syn. 1. 

 p. 89. 95. Id. Supp. p. 22 Mont. Ornith. Diet Id. Sup. Lewies 

 Biit. Birds, 1. t. 18. Will. (Ang.) p. 72 Wale. Syn. 1. t. 18. 

 Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 35. Shaw's Zool. 7. p. 163. 



Ring-tail Hawk, Edwards, t. 107 Arct. Zool. 2. No. 106. 



White-rumped Bay Falcon, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 54. 



Hudson's Bay Ring-tail, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 91. 76. 



Cayenne Ring-tail, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 91. 



Marsh Hawk, Wils. Amer. Orn. ed. by Sir Wm. Jardine, 2. 272. pi. 51 . 

 ^ fig. 2. 



THE above long list of synonyms arises from this bird 

 having been considered by many ornithological writers as two 

 distinct species, a mistake doubtless occasioned by the very 



