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MONTAGU'S HAKRIEK. 



CIRCUS CTNERACEUS (Montagu). 



Faloo cineraceus, Montagu, Orii. Diet. i. F. 2 (1802) ; Nuum. 



i. p. 402. 

 Circus cineraceus, Macg. ill. p. 378; Hetvitson, i. p. 49; 



Ya7T. ed. 4, i. p. 138; Dresser, v. p. 423. 



Busard cendre, French ; Wiesen- fVeihe, German ; Cenizo, 

 Rapilla, Spanish. 



This species was first distinguished and separated from 

 the Hen-Harrier by the acute naturalist whose name it 

 bears, in his ' Ornithological Dictionary/ published in 

 1802, under the name of Ash-coloured Harrier, Faico 

 cineraceus. No raptorial bird has now a chance of 

 becoming common in this country, but I suspect that in 

 the southern counties of England, at all events, this 

 Harrier was formerly the most abundant of its ^enus 

 during the summer months, as it most assuredly is at 

 the present time, although it generally meets with 

 " short shrift " from gamekeepers and collectors. I 

 am, however, glad to say that I am personally acquainted 

 with several recent instances in which nests of Montagu's 

 Harrier have been carefully protected by those most 

 nearly concerned, and the young birds allowed to grow 



