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Le Lanier cendre. Brif. orn. I. p. 365. N° 17. 

 Le Foucon a Collier. Do. 1. />. 345. N° 7. ;»#&. 

 L'OifTeau St. Martin. Buff. oif. 1. />. 212. — PL enl 459. 

 Grau-weiiTe Geyer. Frijch. I. 79. 80, 

 Rubetarius. TurnerL 



Many authors have fuppofed the Ring-tail to be the female of the 

 Hen-harrier, but Mr. Pennant does not fubfcribe to this general 

 opinion ; he obferves of the Ring-tail, " from fome late obferva- 

 tions by the infallible rule of diffe&ion, males have been found of 

 this fpecies." And Mr. Latham, after noticing the opinion of 

 Pennant, fays, " To this I may add my own obfervations ; the 

 Bird I now polfefs, as an Englijh fpecimen, being fet down in my 

 notes as a male." 



The Hen-harrier is very deftructive to the young poultry, fkims 

 the ground when it flies, and does not perch on trees. Length 

 feventeen inches, breadth three feet three inches^ weight twelve 

 ounces. 



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