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45. 
LONG.LEGGED 
HEN-HARRIER. 
DescriPrion- 
Pract. 
46. 
AXILLARY 
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Dsscriprion, 
Fy - Ay LC +O. Ney : 
L’acoli, Levaill. Oi. i. p. 130. pl. 31. 
Sous-bufe acoli, Daudin. Oru. it. p: 176: cli. 
"T His bird, in refpect to fize and colour, raat, refembles the 
Hen-barvier, but feems. to ftand higher on the legs: the undee 
parts from the breaft, croffed with fine fees lines, or firipes, forne- 
what in the manner of the Chanting Falcon, though not-fo numerous 
or delicate ; one likewife at firk fight. might ippole j it to be the fame 
bird on a larger fcale, did not the great difproportion of length of 
legs at once fhew the difference: the tail 1s.pale grey, and Were 
pretty long, even at the end, and not graduated as in that fpecies : 
quills dufky black : reach two-thirds on the tail: the bill is, blueith ; 
cere red, as is the fkin round the eyes: irides and legs yellow. . 
This frequents the cultivated parts of the Cape of Good Hope, and 
not unfrequently the fandy deferts ; many of them about places in, 
which the laft is never-feen. In the interior it is only obferved about 
the rivers Swarte-kop and Sondag; it is called Witte- Valk (White 
Falcon) and Leeuwerk-Vange (Lark Catcher.) The male and female 
are feen ufually together; make their neft in the bufhes; lay four 
dirty white eggs, oval in fhape, whereas thofe of the Chanting Falcou 
are nearly round. 
IZE and fhape of the Hen-barrier, and not unlike it in colour, 
but differs effentially, as the wreathed feathers round the lower 
part of the head are not confpicuous: the bill is black : legs pale 
yellow; claws black: the plumage on the upper parts is pale cine- 
reous blue; the under whitifh : over the eye a long irregular narrow 
ftripe of black ; a large long patch of black alfo occupies the. whole 
of the inner part of the wing when clofed: the quills are black, and 
reach to the end of the tail, which is rather rounded in fhape, and of 
a moderate length, 
Inhabits 
