SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



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Genus CIRCUS Lacepede 



257. Circus ceruginosus ceruginosus (L.) 



The Marsh- Harrier. 



258. Circus pygargus (L.) 



Montagu's Harrier. 



259. Circus cyaneus cyaneus (L.) 



The Hen- Harrier. 



Genus ACCI PITER Brisson 



260. Accipiter gentilis gentilis (L.) 



The Goshawk. 



261. Accipiter gentilis atricapillus (Wilson) 



The American Goshawk. 



262. Accipiter nisus nisus (L.) 



The Sparrow- Hawk. 



Genus MILVUS Lacepede 



263. Milvus milvus inilvus (L.) 



The Kite. 



264. Milvus migrans migrans (Bodd.) 

 The Black Kite. 



Resident, breeds Ireland, occa- 

 sionally England, otherwise 

 vagrant .... 



Summer- visitor, breeds loeally 

 England, Wales : rare vagrant 

 Scotland, Ireland . 



Resident, breeds Orkneys, O. 

 Hebrides, Ireland : elsewhere 

 winter-visitor 



Rare vagrant, has bred excep- 

 tionally .... 



One and perhaps three Ireland, 

 possibly one Scotland 



Resident, breeds, but only 

 vagrant Shetlands, O. Hebrides: 

 also passage -migrant 



Resident, breeds very locally 

 Wales : elsewhere very rare 

 vagrant, not Ireland 



One England, one Scotland 



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Genus HALICETUS Savigny 



265. Haliceetus albicilla (L.) 



The White-tailed Eagle. 



Genus PERN IS Cuvier 



266. Pernis apivorus apivorus (L.) 



The Honey- Buzzard. 



Genus PAN DION Savigny 



267. Pandion halicetus halicetus (L.) 



The Osprey. 



Rare vagrant : used to breed 

 Scotland, Ireland . 



Scarce passage -migrant : form- 

 erly rare but regular, now occa- 

 sional, breeder, England 



Rare passage -migrant, used to 

 breed Scotland 



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Genus GYPS Savigny 

 268. Gyps fulvus fulvus (Habl. ) 

 The Griffon-Vulture. 



Genus NEOPHRON Savigny 

 26.9. Neophron percnopterus percnopterus (L.) 

 The Egyptian Vulture. 



One Ireland, one England 



Two, England 



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Order GRESSORES 

 Family CICONIID^E 



Genus C ICON I A Linnaeus 



270. Ciconia ciconia ciconia (L.) 



The White Stork. 



271. Ciconia nigra (L.) 



The Black Stork. 



Vagrant, chiefly e. England, and 

 in spring .... 



Very rare vagrant, England 



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