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HAPTORES. CIRCUS. 



Harrier. 



HEN HARRIER. 



Circus cyaneus, Flem. 

 PLATE X. 



Male and 

 I'ViiiiiU-. 



Syii. of Adult ; 

 and middle- . 

 aged Male. 



Syii. of fe- 

 male and 

 S oiing. 



I Circus cyaneus, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 53. 20. 



-| Falco cyaneus, Mont. Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 9. ji. ^2.— Meyer, Taschenb. 

 ( Deut. V. 1. p. 182. 



Falco cvaneus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 276 — Linyi. Syst. 1. p. 126. 10 — Lath. 



Ind. brnith. 1. 39. 94 — Mnller, No. 74. 

 Falco toniuatus (mas.), Briss. Ornith. 1. p. 345. — lb. 8yo, p. 100. 

 Falco Bohemicus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 299. sp. 107-— Falco albicans, Id. 



p. 276. sp. 102. 

 Falco griseus, Gmel. p. 275. sp. 100 — Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 37, 86. 

 Falco montanus, Gmel. 1. p. 278. sp. 106. var. B. 

 Lanarius cinereus, Briss. 1. p. 365. 17. — Id. 8yo. p. 106. 

 L'Oiseau St TMartin, Buff. (Ms. v. 1. p. 212 — Id. PI. Enl. 459. 

 Busard St Martin, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 1. p. 72. 

 Busard a croupion blanc. Vail. Ois. d'Afi-iq. Sept. v. 1. PL 8. 

 Kore oder Halbweihe, Bechst. Tasch. Deut. p. 25. sp. 20. 

 Hen Harrier, Brit. Zool. 1. No, 58. t. 28 — Will. (Angl.) p. 72 — Jlbin, 



2. t. 5 Lath. Syn. v. 1. p. 88 — Id. Suppl. p. 22 — Lewiii's Birds, 1. 



t. 18 Hayes'' Br. Birds Mont. Ornith. Diet. v. I Id. Suppl 



Wale. Syn. t. 17 — Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 33 — Pult. Cat. Dorset. 



p. 3 Don. Br. Birds, 3. t. 59 — Low's Fan. Oread, p. 37 — Shato^s 



Zool 7- p- 163. 

 New York Falcon, Pejin. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 209. 



11 — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 277. sp. 11 



-Rail Syn. p. 17. 5. (tern.) — Mnller, 



/Falco Pygargus, Liiin. 1. p. 126. 

 Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 39. 94. 

 No. 74.— Will. p. 40. 

 Falco Hudsonii et Buffonii, Gmel. 2. p. 277- sp. 19. and 103. 

 Falco rubiginosus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 27. sp. 56. 

 Falco torquatus (fem.), Briss. 1. p. 345. 7 — tl'- 8vo, p. 100. 

 La Soubuse, B7iff. Ois. v. 1. p. 215. t. 9 — Id. PL EnL 443. young female, 

 and 480, voung male. 

 , Le Busard Grenouillard, Vail. Ois. d'Afriq. 1. PL 23. 



\ Ring-tail, Br. Zool. 1. No. 59 — Id. fol. p. 68. t. A. 7 Lath. Syn. 1. 



p. 89. 95. — Id. Supp. p. 22 — Mont. Ornith. Diet — Id. Sup.— iewm's 

 Biit. Birds, 1. t. 18 — Will. (Ang.) p. 72 — Wale. Syn. 1. t. 18.— 

 Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 35. — Shaw's Zool. ?• p- 163. 

 Ring-tail Hawk, Edwards, t. 107 — Arct. ZooL 2. No. 106. 

 White-rumped Bay Falcon, Lath. Syn. I. p. 54. 

 Hudson's Bay Ring-tail, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 91. 76. 

 Cayenne Ring-tail, iMh. Syn. 1. p. 91. 



Marsh Hawk, Wils. Amer. Orn. ed. by Sir Wm. Jardine, 2, 272. pi. 51. 

 ^ fie. 2. 



The above long list of synonyms arises from this bird 

 having been considered by many ornithological writers as two 

 distinct species, — a mistake doubtless occasioned by the very 



