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A YEAR OF SPORT AND NATURAL HISTORY. 



— Pennant, Bewick and the rest — got into a most delightful tangle. 

 In their view the male -was one species [Cyaneus), the female quite 



THE HEK-HARRIER (CIRCUS CYANEUS). 



another {Fygasius). It was reserved for Colonel Montagu to 

 clear up the difficulty and upset the accepted belief. In 1805 he 

 obtained a nest of young Hen- Harriers, kept them, and watched 



