puts a covey of Partridges into a fence for concealment 

 it takes its " stand " hard by on some perch whence it 

 can command the situation, and remains perfectly 

 motionless till some movement on the part of one of 

 the covey betrays its whereabouts, when the Harrier is 

 down on it in a second, and the career of the game 

 bird is at an end. All the Harriers are especially fond 

 of frogs and lizards, and some of them often capture 

 and devour small snakes. 



In captivity I have found this species wild, sulky, 

 and by no means easy to keep in good health. In 

 Devonshire this bird, and probably Montagu's Harrier 

 also, are, or were, commonly known as " Vuzkits," 

 i. e. Furze-Kites ; in Ireland they have been pointed out 

 to me as " Gos-Hawks," no doubt properly Gorse- 

 Hawks ; and in Scotland I have heard the male 

 called "Blue Glead," and the female distinguished as 

 Ringtail. 



