14 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 



Circus cyaneus {Boie). Hen Harrier. 



Provinces I.-VIII. X.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, (10), 11, (12), 15, 17, 18, 19,20, 



22, 23-33, 34-37, 38. 

 Lat. 50°-61°. '^ British" type, or general. 



Scarce in the south-eastern and midland counties, and already 

 extirpated in many of them ; frequent in the north and some 

 parts of the west of England, and still more common in Scotland. 



Circus cineraceus [Naum.]. Montagu's Harrier. 



Provinces I.-IV. V.? VIII. X. XVII.? 



Subprovinces (2), 3, 4, 7, (10), 11, (12), 15?, (19), 22, 25,35? 

 Lat. 50°-55° or 58°. " English" type. Not in Ireland. 



A scarce species. Until recently, appears to have been a 

 regular summer visitant to some of the southern and eastern 

 counties. 



Formerly found nesting in Devonshire by Montagu, and still 

 breeds occasionally in Somerset, Dorset, Kent, and Norfolk. 

 Extinct in Devon, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, and Lincoln. 

 In Shropshire Mr. Shaw once obtained a female that had been 

 recently sitting ; and a nest, found on the Whitby Moors, near 

 Scarborough, is recorded in Dr. Morris's 'Naturalist' for 1855. 

 Mr. Hancock writes that he has two young birds which were 

 bred in Cumberland. There appears to be some doubt whether 

 the species has been properly identified in Scotland, though Mr. 

 Dunbar tells me that he has ''eggs and birds from Sutherland." 

 Sir W. Milner also includes it in his list of birds found in that 

 county (Zoologist, p. 2014). This species is believed to have 

 occurred once in Ayrshire, according to Thompson's ' Birds of 

 Ireland' (vol. i. p. 83). 



Otus vulgaris [Flem.). Long-eared Owl. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 



Subprovinces 2, 3, 4, 6, (8), 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 



21-32, 34, 35. 

 Lat. 50°-59°. " British" type, or general. 



Apparently more frequent in the north of England and in 



