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HEN-HARRIER. 



Mas. Falco cyaneus. F. albo-cwrulescens, collari subrigente 



albo fuscoque vario, remigibus fuscis. 

 Whitish-grey Falcon, with a collar of stiffish brown and white 



feathers, and dusky quill-feathers. 

 Falco cyaneus. F. cera alba, pedibus fulvis, corpore cceruleo- 



canescente, arcu superciliari albo gulam cingente. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. 

 Hen-Harrier. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



Blue Hawk. Edw.pl. 225. Bohemian Falcon? Lath, svppl. 2. 

 Fern. Falco Pygargus. F. fusco fcrrugineoque varius, collari 



subrigente albo fuscoque vario, uropygio albo, remigibus fuscis. 

 Brown Falcon, with ferruginous variegations, a collar of stiffish 



brown and white feathers, white rump, and dusky quill- 

 feathers. 

 Falco Pygargus. F. cera pedibusque Jlavis, corpore cinereo, 



abdomine pallida maculis oblongis rufis, oculorum orbita alba. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Ring-Tail. Penn. Brit. Zool. Will. orn. Lath. fyc. 



This bird, which is by no means uncommon in 

 England, is principally seen in low grounds, heaths, 

 marshes, &c. It preys on various kinds of smaller 

 birds, as well as on frogs, lizards, &c. &c. It also 

 forms its nest on the ground, among grass or rushes, 

 and is not observed to settle, like many other 

 hawks, on trees. The shape of the Hen-Harrier 

 is elegant : the general length of the male bird is 

 from sixteen to eighteen inches, and its colour a 

 pale blueish-grey, the greater wing-feathers being 

 dusky or blackish, and the side-feathers of the tail 

 white, marked with dusky bars : the bill is blackish ; 

 the legs slender and yellow : the head, from behind 



