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fuscis, intimis cinereo notatis, secundariis et tectricibus alarum majoribus sordide CEeruleo-cinereis : 

 tectricibus alarum minoribus fuscis, ochraceo-albido notatis : gula albida : pectore ochraceo-albido, 

 ferrugineo et fulvo-fusco notato : corpore reliquo subtiis ferrugineo-fusco, saturate fusco notato : 

 subalaribus ochraceo-isabellinis : rostro corneo, cera et pedibus flavis : iride pallide flava. 



2 ad. pileo et nucha isabellinis vix fusco-striatis : dorso albo, umbrino notato, uropygio ochraceo lavato : 

 remigibus nigro-fuscis, pallidiore apicatis : tectricibus alarum umbrinis, versus apicem pallidiore 

 tinctis : alarum marginibus et tectricibus minoribus isabellino-albidis fusco notatis : cauda, fusca 

 pallidiore tincta : mento ochraceo-isabellino, gula et gutture fuscis, pectore ochraceo-albido vix fusco 

 tincto, corpore reliquo subtiis chocolatino-fusco. 



Juv. saturate chocolatino-fuscus : pileo et nucha aurantiaco-isabellinis, pileo macula centrali fusca notato : 

 gula aurantiaco-isabellina immaculata : remigibus et cauda nigro-fuscis, secundariis et tectricibus 

 alarum ferrugineo-ochraceo apicatis. 



Adult Male (Casa Vieja, 26th February). Crown and nape warm ochreous white, closely striped with 

 chocolate and blackish brown; back and scapulars blackish chocolate, very slightly marked with dark 

 fulvous ; tail dull ashy grey with light yellowish buff; primaries blackish brown, the inner ones marked 

 with ashy grey ; secondaries and larger wing-coverts ashy blue-grey ; lesser coverts like the back, but 

 marked along the shoulder with ochreous white ; sides of the head marked like the crown ; chin dirty 

 white ; breast yellowish white, marked with rusty red and dark reddish brown ; rest of the underparts 

 warm rusty red marked with chocolate-brown ; under wing-coverts tawny ochreous isabelline ; bill 

 horn; cere and legs yellow; iris lemon-yellow. Total length about 19 inches, culmen l - 32, wing 14'8, 

 tail 8"9, tarsus 33. 



A still older male, which I have figured, has the head and neck blackish brown, but little marked with 

 warm buff, the upper parts more of a blackish brown colour, and the breast and underparts white, only 

 slightly tinged with warm isabelline, and sparingly striped with blackish brown. 



Adult Female (Corsica, 15th April). Crown and nape white, slightly tinged with warm isabelline, and 

 sparingly striated with blackish; back white, marked with umber-brown, on the rump washed with 

 warm ochreous ; quills blackish brown, with lighter tips ; wing-coverts dark umber-brown, broadly 

 tipped with earth brown ; a broad margin along the edges of the wing warm creamy white, sparingly 

 marked with dark brown; tail dark brown, with lighter tip; chin warm creamy buff; throat warm 

 ash-brown; a broad ochreous white band across the breast, slightly marked with brown; rest of the 

 underparts dark chocolate-brown. In size rather larger than the male, measuring — wing 16 - inches, 

 tail 105, tarsus 3 - 45. 



Young Male (Dobrudscha, 4th July). Crown, nape, chin, and upper throat wai*m orange-buff; crown with 

 a dark brown mark in the centre ; rest of the plumage almost uniform dark chocolate-brown, the quills 

 and tail darker, the secondaries and larger wing-coverts with rusty ochreous tips, and the rest of the 

 wing-coverts with lighter edges. 



In Europe this Harrier does not range far north ; but it is found throughout the central and 

 southern countries down into Africa, where it has occurred as far south as the Transvaal. In 

 Asia it is common as far east as India, but beyond that it is rare, though it has been met witli 

 as far east as Japan. 



In Great Britain it used formerly to breed regularly, and was extremely numerous in the 



