138 FALCONID.E. 



England a few pairs attempt to breed in Norfolk, and in 

 Ireland it is still possibly a resident in some of the western 

 and midland tracts of bog. Elsewhere it is a rare autumn 

 or spring visitor. Formerly it nested throughout the fen 

 country from Yorkshire southwards. 



General Distribution. The Marsh-Harrier breeds in 

 Europe, western Asia, and north Africa : from southern 

 Sweden eastwards to the Obi River and Kashmir, and 

 from Morocco to Egypt. In winter it visits India, Ceylon, 

 and Abyssinia, ranging southwards through east Africa 

 to the Transvaal and Angola. 



Circus cyaneus. HEN-HARRIER. 



FalCO cyaneus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 126 : England. 



Circus cyaneus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, p. 52 ; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 93 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd 

 ed. 1899, p. 317. 



Cyaneus = Kvaveos, dark blue. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Resident and a 

 Winter Visitor. A few pairs still breed in the Orkney 

 Islands and the Outer Hebrides, and possibly in some parts 

 of the north of Scotland. It has also nested in recent years 

 in Wales and in one or two places in the south and west of 

 England. In Ireland it is still resident in several mountain- 

 districts, but has greatly decreased in numbers. A few, 

 mostly adult birds, are found in Great Britain in winter, 

 but in autumn young birds on migration are sometimes 

 tolerably abundant. 



General Distribution. The Hen-Harrier breeds in Europe 

 and north Asia, from Scandinavia and Russia south of 69 N. 

 latitude and eastwards to the Sea of Okhotsk, but does not 

 seem to be found in Kamchatka. Southwards it breeds in 

 Spain and Italy. In winter it visits north Africa including 

 Nubia and Abyssinia, northern India, and southern China. 

 In North America it is represented by an allied form. 



