Crass. HEN HARRIER, 
fome birds of this kind with their head and chin 
entirely white; and others again have a whitifh {pot 
on the coverts of their wings; but thefe are only 
to be deemed varieties. The uniform color of its 
plumage, and the great length and flendernefs of 
its legs, diftinguifhes it from all other hawks. 
Lanarius albus. A/dr. av. i. Le Lanier cendré. Briffon 
197. av. 1. 365. the male. Hift. 
Rubetarius Turzerz. dQOys. 1. 212s 
Wil. orn. 70.. Br. Zool. 68. Tab. A. 6. Pl. 
Raii fyn. av. 17. Enl. 459. 
Blue Hawk. dw. 225. the Grau-weifle Geyer. Frifch. 
male. I. 79, 80. 
Falco Cyaneus. Lin. fyft.126. Brunnich 14. 
Hil, HEN-HARRIER weighs about twelve oun- 
ces: the length is feventeen inches; .the 
breadth three feet three inches: the bill is black: 
cere, irides, and edees of the eye-lids yellow: the 
head, neck, back, and coverts of the wings, are of 
a bluifh grey: the back of the head white, fpotted 
with a pale brown: the breaft, belly, and thighs, 
are white: the former marked with a few fmall 
dufky ftreaks: the fcapular feathers are of a deep 
grey, inclining to dufky: the two middle feathers 
of the tail are entirely grey; the others only on 
their exterior webs; the interior being white, mark- 
ed with dufky bars: the legs yellow, long and 
flender. | ! 
Thefe . 
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58. Hen- 
HaRRIER, 
DeEscRIP. 
