Class IL 



HEN HARRIET?. 



239 



Falco cyaneus. F. cera alba, 

 pedibus fulvis, corpore cceru- 

 leo-canescente, area superci- 

 liari albo gulam cin^ente. 

 (Mas.) Lath. ind. orn. 3Q. 

 id. syn. i. 88. id. sup. i. 22. 



Lanarius albus. Aldr. av. i. 



197. 



Rubetarius Turneri. 

 Wil. orn. 70. 

 Rail syn. av. 17. 



Edw.225.the 18. Hew- 

 Harrier. 

 Male. 



Blue Hawk. 



male. 

 Falco cyanevis. Gm. Lin. 276. 

 Le Lanier cendre. Brisson 



av. i. 365. the male. Hist. 



dots. i. 212. PL Enl. 45g. 

 Br. Zool. 68. Tab. A. 6. 

 Grau-weisse Geyer. Frisch. 



i. 79. 80- 

 Brunnich 14. 



JLhE hen-harrier weighs about twelve 

 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 few 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. 



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