MARSH HARRIER. 

 RAPTORES. 



THE MAKSH HARRIER. 



Circus ceruginosus. 



Falco ceruginosm, Moor Buzzard, PENN. Brit. Zoo], vol. i. p. 237. 



M M M MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



v 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 Vert. p. 88. 



Circus GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 



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



CIRCUS. Generic Characters. Beak small, bending from the base, compressed 

 and elevated ; cutting edge of the upper mandible with a slight festoon. Cere 

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