50 BRITISH BIRDS. 



the Ringtail/' He adds, " that it is hardly neces- 

 sary to remark, that the bright ferruginous colour 

 of the markings is always sufficient to discriminate 

 this." In the adult male, these bright markings on 

 the under parts of the body, and under the wings, 

 and the black bars on the secondary quills, inde- 

 pendent of the great difference in the tail, at 

 once point out the distinction from the male Hen- 

 Harrier. In the female, the uniform ferruginous 

 colour of all the under parts is sufficient to 

 discriminate it from the female Hen-Harrier, be- 

 sides the colours being much brighter : and in the 

 adolescent or changing state of the plumage, the 

 same difference exists in the markings. These 

 birds breed in England, but whether they remain 

 with us the whole year, has not been ascertained. 

 Our figure was from a stuffed specimen obligingly 

 lent to this work by P. J. Selby, of Twizel House, 

 Esq. 



