HEN HARRIER. 



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HEDGE CHICKEN.— A name for the Wheatear. 



HEDGE SPARROW.— A name for the Hedge Chanter. 



HEDGE WARBLER.— A name for the Hedge Chanter. 



HEGRILSKIP. — A name for the Heron. 



HELLIJAY. — A name for the Razor-bill. 



HEN HARRIER {Circus Pygargus, Fleming.) 



* Falco cyaneus, Mont. Trans. Linn. Soc. 9. p. 182 — Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. 

 p. 182. — Circus Pygargus, Flem. Br. Anim. p. 53. — Vigor's Zool. Journ. 1. p. 

 339.— Falco cyaneus, Gme/.Syst. 1. p. 276.— Linn. Syst. 1. p. 126. 10 — Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 1. 39. 94 Mullet; No. 74 — Falco'Torquatus (mas.) Briss. Orn. 1. 



p. 345 Ib. 8vo. p. 100 Falco Bohemicus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 299. sp. 107 



Falco albicans, Ib. p. 276. sp. 102 — Falco griseus, Gmel. p. 275. sp. 100 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 37. 86 Falco montanus, Gmel. 1. p. 278. sp. 106. var. 



B — Lanarius cinereus, Briss. 1. p. 365. 17. — lb. 8vo. p. 106. — L'Oiseau St. 



Martin, Buff. Ois. l.p. 212 J6.pl. Enl. 459 — Busard St. Martin, Temm. 



Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 72. — Busard a croupion blanc, Vail. Ois.d'Afii. Sept. 1. pi. 



8. — Kore oder Halbweihe, Bechst. Tasschenb. Deut. p. 25. sp. 20 Hen Harrier, 



Br. Zool. 1. No. 58. t. 28.— Will. (Angl.) p. 12,—Albin, 2. t. 5 Lath. Syn. 



1. p. 88.— Ib. Supp. p. 22.— Lewin's Br. Birds, 1. 1. 18 Hayes' Br. Birds.— 



Mont. Orn. Diet. 1 Ib. Supp.— Wale. Syn. t. 17.— Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 



33 Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 3 Don. Br. Birds, 3. t. 59 Low's Faun. Oread. 



p. 37 Shaw's Zool. 7. p. 163 New York Falcon, Venn. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 209. 



FEMALE AND YOUNG. 



Falco Pygargus, Linn. 1. p. 126. 11 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 277. sp. 11 Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. p. 39. 94.— Rail, Syn. p. 17. 5. (fern.)— Midler, No. 74 Will. p. 40. 



— Falco Hudsonii et Buffonii, Gmel. 2. p. 277. sp. 19. and 103 Falco rubi- 



ginosus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 27. sp fc 56 — Falco torquatus, (fem.) Briss. 1. p. 



345. 7 lb. 8vo, p. 100 La Soubuse, Buff. Ois. 1. p. 215. t. 9 Ib. pi. Enl. 



443. young female, and 480. young male. — Le Busard Grenouillard, Vail. Ois. 



d'Afriq. 1. pi. 23.— Ring-tail, Br. Zool. 1. No. 59 — Ib. fol. p. 68. t. A. 7 



Lath. Syn. 1. p. 89.95 Ib. Supp. p. 22 Mont. Orn. Diet Ib. Supp Lewin's 



Br. Birds, 1. 1. 18 Will. (Ang.) p. 72 — Wale. Syn. 1. t. 18 Bewick's Br. 



Birds, 1. p. 35 — Shaw's Zool. 7. p. 163 — Ring-tail Hawk, Edw.t. 107.— Arct. 



Zool. 2. No. 106 White-rumped bay Falcon, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 54 Hudson's 



Bay Ring-tail, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 91. 76 Cayenne Ring-tail, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 



91.— Selby, pi. 10. p. 26.* 



It will be manifest by the above synonimes, that we consider the Hen 

 Harrier and the Ringtail to be of the same species. In this we have 

 followed the example of Dr. Latham, who, in his last ornithological 

 works, has brought them tog-ether. We will not, however, take upon 

 us absolutely to determine this point, but shall give such remarks as 

 have recently inclined us to that opinion. 



The Hen Harrier, in its most perfect state, weighs about thirteen 

 ounces ; length eighteen inches and a half. The bill is black ; cere and 

 irides yellow ; head, neck, breast, and whole upper parts are of a fine 

 light grey ; round the head is a wreath of short stiff feathers, white at 

 the base, slightly tipped with grey ; the first six quill-feathers black, 

 white at the base, and slightly tipped with grey ; the rest of the quills 

 grey on their outer webs and tips ; white on the inner webs ; tail- 

 feathers white, except the two middle, on which are sometimes a few 



