BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 211 



THE Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus, Linnaeus) is for the most 

 part a summer visitor to the British Islands. It is also met 

 with throughout Europe, and most parts of Asia, and some 

 portions of Northern Africa. The adult male has the upper 

 parts light slate-grey; nape, marked with brown; rump, 

 white ; primaries, blackish ; inner webs of secondaries, 

 mostly white ; throat and chest, greyish ; abdomen, white ; 

 irides, cere, and legs, yellow; bill, bluish-black. Length, 

 about eighteen inches. The female is a trifle larger than 

 the male, and is brown above, with white streaks on nape ; 

 irides, brown; tail, brown, showing five darker -coloured 

 bars. 



