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ACC1PITREX. 



FALCONIM. 



FALCONID^E. 



Cmcus CINEEACEUS (Montagu*). 



MONTAGU'S HARRIER. 



Circus Montagui t. 



THE specific distinction of this bird was first demonstrated, 

 in 1802, by Colonel Montagu, who named it the Ash- 

 coloured Harrier ; but in consequence of a suggestion made 

 in the first Edition of this work, English ornithologists have 

 very generally followed the example set them by continental 

 writers and commemorated the discoverer of this species by 

 calling it Montagu's Harrier. 



* Falco cineraceus, Montagu, Ornithological Dictionary, vol. i. (unpaged) 

 (1802). 



t Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 411 (1819). 



