HARRIERS. 7 



wickshire (Tomes) ; Stafford (Buchanan) ; Shropshire 

 (Shaw) ; Cumberland (Heysham) ; Northumberland 

 (Hancock); and Aberdeenshire (Macgillivray and 

 Eobert Gray). 



Mr. J. H. Gurney states that, besides being a sum- 

 mer visitant, this species arrives as an early autumnal 

 migrant on the east coast, and the birds so arriving 

 are mostly birds of the year. 



MABSH HAKRIEB. Circus ceruginosus (Linnaeus). 



Formerly common in the English fens, but now 

 seldom observed, except as an irregular visitant, and 

 generally in autumn ; nevertheless it still breeds occa- 

 sionally in a few English counties. Mr. Thompson 

 considered it resident in Ireland, where he found it 

 generally distributed in suitable localities. In Scot- 

 land it is much rarer, and breeds there but seldom. 



HEN HABEIER. Circus cyaneus (Linnseus). 



A local resident ; occurring as an autumnal migrant 

 in small numbers to the eastern counties. 



MONTAGU'S HARBIEB. Circus cineraceus (Montagu). 



A local resident in England, rare in Scotland, and 

 unknown in Ireland. It occurs as an autumnal 

 migrant in small numbers in the eastern counties of 

 England. 



