432 



Svensk. Fogl. pi. 28. figs. 1, 2; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 33; id. B. of G. Brit. i. pi. 26; 

 Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pis. 15, 16, 17 ; Susemihl, V6g. Eur. taf. 37. 



d ad. supra cserulescenti-canus, occipite albo maculato : supracaudalibus albis : rectricibus centralibus canis, 

 lateralibus canescenti- albis fusco transfasciatis : remigibus primariis nigricantibus : gula, jugulo et 

 pectore anteriore pallide cserulescenti-canis : corpore reliquo subtus, subalaribus et remigibus subtus ad 

 basin albis : rostro nigro, cera et pedibus luteis : iride lutea. 



? ad. major : fronte et linea, superciliari cervinis : capite et collo saturate fuscis rufeseenti cervino et albo 

 cervino striatis et notatis : corpore supra fusco vix rufeseenti cervino notato : remigibus supra fuscis, 

 subtus albis fasciis transversis nigris : supracaudalibus albis vix rufeseenti guttatis, cauda saturate 

 fusca, rectricibus centralibus griseo-fusco et lateralibus rufeseenti cervino transfasciatis : corpore 

 subtus cervino, maculis longitudinalibus fuscis et rufescenti-fuscis notato. 



Adult Male (Archangel) . Entire upper parts ashy blue-grey, slightly darker on the back, and lighter and 

 bluer on the head, wings, and tail; nape mottled with white, primaries blackish; upper tail-coverts 

 white ; central rectrices ashy grey; lateral ones inclined to white with small transverse brownish bands ; 

 throat like the head, the breast becoming paler until the lower breast and the rest of the underparts 

 are white ; under wing-coverts and the basal portion of the under surface of the qudls pure white ; 

 cere, iris, and legs yellow; bill dark blackish horn. Total length about 18 inches, culmen 11, wing 

 13-4, tail 8-9, tarsus 2-62. 



Adult Female (Leadenhall Market) . Forehead and an irregular streak over the eye buff; head and neck 

 deep brown, striped and marked with rufeseent buff and buffy white ; upper parts generally dark brown, 

 less profusely marked with warm buff; upper tail-coverts white with a few rufous dots; tail dark 

 brown, the central rectrices broadly barred with greyish brown and the lateral ones with rufous buff; 

 the terminal portions of the tail dark brown with a narrow light tip ; underparts buff broadly striped 

 with dull brown and reddish brown; under wing-coverts similarly coloured but more spotted than 

 striped; under surface of the wings white barred with blackish grey; iris brown; legs and cere yellow; 

 bill dark horn. Total length about 21 inches, culmen 11, wing lo - 0, tail 10 - 6, tarsus 2'85. 



Young Female (S.E. Ural, 29th July). Differs from the adult female in being very much more rufous in 

 plumage, especially on the underparts, which are warm rufous buff striped with reddish brown; and the 

 tail is broadly tipped with pale rufous. 



Young Male (Sweden). Differs from the young female in having the plumage paler rufous in general tone 

 of colour. 



The Hen-Harrier is found throughout Europe, ranging southward into North Africa and east- 

 ward into China and Japan. 



In Great Britain, though not so numerous as it used formerly to be, it is still by no means 

 rare in many- parts, and breeds in the northern portions of our isle. Professor Newton (in Yarr. 

 Brit. B. 4th ed. i. p. 134) writes that "though formerly numerous in the fenny district known as 

 the Great Bedford Level, it was probably never a very common bird in England. Owing perhaps 

 to its greater adaptability to circumstances, however, it was more generally distributed in the 

 breeding-season than the preceding species ; and even a few years since, the information gathered 

 by Mr. More shows that it then continued to breed regularly in several English counties — Devon, 



