MARSH HARRIER. 97 
RAPTORES. FALCONID AL. 
THE MARSH HARRIER. 
Circus cruginosus. 
Falco eruginosus, Moor Buzzard, Pnn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 237. 
Pa aA on os Mont. Ornith. Dict. 
. - 5 x Bewicx, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 26. 
Buteo 35 A be Fue. Brit. An. p. 55. 
Circus rufus, Marsh Harrier, SeEwsy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 66. 
Buteo 35 * Jenyws, Brit. Vert. p. 88. 
Circus 55 op op Goutp, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 
Fraleo 4, Busard de Marais, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 69. 
Circus. Generic Characters —Beak small, bending from the base, compressed 
and elevated ; cutting edge of the upper mandible with a slight festoon. Cere 
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