FALCO CYANEUS. 
HEN-HARRIER. 
Generic Character. See Falco GhryscEtos, 
Palco cyaneus; corpore albo-caerulescens, collari 
subrigente alba fuscoque varia ; remigibus 
fuscis. 
Hen-Harrier. Body whitish grey ; collar of stiffish 
brown and white feathers ; quill feathers 
dusky* 
Falco Cyaneus. Lin. Syst. t?. 1. p. 126. Gmel Syst. 
V, 1. p. 376. Ind, Orn. t?. 1 . p. 39. Mon- 
tagu in Lin. Trans, v. 9. p. il82. 
Pygargus Accipiter. (Mas.) Raii Syn. p. 17. 
Lanarius Cinereus. Briss. v. L p. 365. 
L'Oiseau St.Martin. Buff. Hist. d'Ois. v. 1. p.2l2. 
lb. PL Enl. p. 459. 
BusARD Saint Martin. Temm. Man. d'Orn. ed. 3. 
Hen-Harrier. Br. ^ool. ^vo. ed. v.l.y. 239. pi. 29. 
Lewin Br. Birds, v. 1. 1. 18. Lath. Syn. 
V. 1. p. 88. Ih. Sup. p. 22. Don. Br. 
Birds, v.S.t. 59. White Hist. Selhorne, 
V. 2. p. 220. Mont. Orn. Diet. lb. Sup. 
Bewick Br. Birds, pt. 1. p. 73. Low 
Fauna Orcadensis, p. 37. 
In no species of Hawk is a greater diversity in colour 
and appearance observable than in the sexes of this elegant 
bird, from which circumstance a variety of opinions have 
been entertained by Ornithologists as to their being distinct 
species; it fell to the lot of the late Mr. Montagu to set this 
