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’sZooX, Journ. 1. p. 
339. — Ealco cyaneus, GmeL Syst. 1. p. 276. — Linn. Syst. 1. p. 126. 10 — Lath. 
Ind. Orn. 1. 39. 94. — Muller, No. 74 — Falco'4 orquatus (mas.) Briss. Orn. 1. 
p. 345. — Ib. 8vo. p. 100 Falco Bohemicus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 299. sp. 107. — 
Falco albicans, lb. 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. — Ib. 8vo. p. 106. — L’Oiseau St. 
Martin, Buff. Ois. 1. p. 212 — J&. pi. Enl. 459. — Busard St. Martin, Temm. 
Man. d’Orn. 1. p. 72. — Busard a croupion blanc, Vail. Ois. d’Afri. 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. 72. — Albin, 2. t. 5. — Lath. Syn. 
1. p. 88. — Ib. Supp. p. 22. — Lewin’s Br. Birds, 1. t. 18 Hayes' Br. Birds. — 
Mont. Orn. Diet. 1.— J/r. 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, Penn. 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. — Raii, S}n. p. 17. 5. (fem.) — Muller, 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. 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. — lb. fob 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. t. 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, Echo. 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 Ring-tail 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 together. 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 
