94 FALCON. 



36— HEN-HARRIER. 



MALE. 



Falco cyaneus, Ind. Orn. i. p. 39. Lin. St/st. i. p. 126. Gm. Lin. 1. p, 226. Kram. 329. 



Mull. 74. lt.Poseg.-p.21. JJaudin i'l. I7i. Beckst. Deuts. n, 2b6. Shaw's ZooL 



vli. 163. Tern. Man. d' Orn. Y>. 27. Id. ed.n. p. 72. 

 Falco torquatus, mas, Bris. i. 345. Id, Svo, 100. Brun. No. 14. 

 Pygargus, mas, Rail Syn. p. 17. A. 5. Will. p. 40. t. 7. 

 Falco albanella, Ger.Oni.'i. 61. t. 35? It. Poseg. yt. 27 ? 

 Lanarius cinereus, Frisch. t. 79. 80. Bris. i. 365. Id. Svo. 106. 

 Falco plumbeus cauda tessellata, Klein. Av. 52. 22. 

 Der Bleyfalke, Naturf. 8. s. 460. 

 Oiseau St. Martin, Buf. i. 212. PI. enl. 459. 

 Hen-Harrier, Gen. Syn. i. p. 88. /(/. Sup. p. 22. Br. Zool. i. pi. 28. Id.fol. t. A. 6. 



Id. ed. 1812. i. p. 239. pi. 29. Edw. pi. 225. JFill. Engl. p. 72. Alb. ii. pi. 5. 



Hayes's Br. Birds, pi. 1. Bewick, ii. pi. p. 33. Lewin's Birds, t. 18. Wulcot's 



Birds, i. pi. 17. Pjt/f. Z>or*. p. 3. Don. Birds, iii. pi. 59. Montag. Orn. Diet. 



Lin. Trans, iv. p. 12. Id. Vol. ix. p. 182. 



FEMALE. 



Falco Pygargus, Ind. Orn. i. p. 39. Lin. Syst. i. 126. Gm. Lin. i. 277. Scop. Aim. i. 



p. 14. Raii Syn. p. 17. fern. Will. p. 40. Brun. No. 14. MjiII. No. 74. i^-aun. 



^rog-. p. 68. Kram. el. '330. Beckst. Deuts.W. 352. X)a!((/. ii. p. 171. 

 Falco torquatus, fem. Bris. i. 345. Id. Suo. 100. Gerin. Orn. p. 61. t. 31. 37. Id. t. 97 } 

 La Soubuse, Bh/. i. 215. t.9. PI. enl. 443. 480. 

 La Buse des champs cendree, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 32 ? 

 Ringtail, Ge«.5y«.i. p. 88. Id. Sup. p.22. Br. Zoo/, i. 59. Id.fol.i.k.7. Alb. 



iii. pi. 3. Hayes's Br. Birds, pi. 2. Bewick. \. pi. p. 35. Lewin's Br. Birds, t. 



18. F, Id.Eggs,Y>\.2.f.4. Will. Engl. f.72. Wale. Birds, I p\.l8. Orn. 



Decf. Sf Sup. 



THE male is about 17 in. in length; width 3 ft. 3in. ; and 

 weighs 12 or 13 ounces. — The bill flat ; cere, irides, and edges of the 

 eyelids, yellow; general colour of the plumage blue-grey ; back of 

 tiie head white, spotted with pale brown ; breast, belly, and thighs 

 white, on the first a few small dusky streaks ; tail feathers grey, all 

 l)ut the two middle ones have the inner webs white, with dusky bars ; 

 legs yellow, long, and slender; claws black. 



