BRITISH BIRDS. IK 



From a similarity of size this Owl and N. tengmalmi 

 are frequently confused with one another, but the present 

 species may be distinguished by its toes being merely 

 sparingly covered with short whitish hair-like feathers. 



ORDER ACCXPITRES. 



Family Vulturidse. 



GENUS LXXXIV. GYPS, Savigny (1810). 

 159. Gyps fulvus (GmeL). GRIFFON VULTURE. 

 Hab. Southern Europe, North Africa and S.W. Asia. 

 An example in the Trinity College Museum, Dublin, 

 was captured at Cork in 1843. 



GENUS LXXXV. NEOPHRON, Savigny (1810). 



160. Neophron perenopterus (Linn.). EGYPTIAN 



VULTURE. 



Hab. Southern Europe, Africa, and S.W. Asia. 

 A very rare straggler. One of a pair was shot at Kilve, 

 Somersetshire, in October, 1825, and another at Peldon, 

 Essex, 28th September, 1868. 



Family Falconidae. 



GENUS LXXXVI. CIRCUS, Lacepede (1800). 

 Bill moderate, compressed, upper mandible decurved 

 from base and indistinctly toothed ; cere very apparent ; 

 head exhibiting partial facial discs. Wings very long, 

 usually reaching to end of tail, which is also long. Tarsi 

 long, slender, bare ; claws moderately curved. 



161. Circus seruglnosus (Linn.). MARSH-HARRIER. 

 Hab. Palaearctic region. Migrating from northern 

 regions in winter. 



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