Class IL 



HEN HARRIER. 



Q39 



!V'n^>' ^fh :ja)--,(ifi, 



-S ' jfitn'^W Uili^ii xli 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



jFalco cyaneus. F. cera alba. Blue Hawk. Edw. 22d. the 18. Hen- 



pedibus fulvls, corpora coeru- male. xIarrieRo 



leo-canesceate, arcu superci- Falco cyaneus. Gm. Lin. 276. 



liari albo gulam cingente. Le Lanier cendrS. Brisson 



(Mas.) Lath. ind. orn. SQ. av. u 365. the male. Hist. 



. id. syn. i. 88. id. sup. i. 22. d'ois. i. 212. PI. Enl. 459. 



Lanarius albus. Aldr. av. i. Br. Zool. 68. Tah.A.6. 



197. Grau-weisse Geyer. Frisch. 



Rubetarius Turneri. i. 79, 80. 



JVil. orn. 70. Bnmnich 14. ■■{ - ^y<>.hi\/' 



Rail sy?i. av. I7. -^s.' "i;* 



XHE HEN-HARRIER WClghs about tWClvC 



ounces: the length is seventeen inches; the 

 breadth three feet three inches. The bill is 

 black : the cere, irides, and edges of the eye-lids 

 yellow : the head, neck, back, and coverts of the 

 wings, are of a bluish grey : the back of the head 

 white, spotted with a pale brown ; the breast, 

 belly, and thighs, are white ; the former marked 

 with a fevv^ small dusky streaks : the scapular fea- 

 thers are of a deep grey, inclining to dusky : the 

 two middle feathers of the tail are entirely grey ; 

 the others only on their exterior webs ; the in- 

 terior being white, marked with dusky bars : the 

 legs yellow, long and slender. 



