BLUE IIAWK, OH HEN-HARRIER. 
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ii ', d ^irds °f its own genus, compelling them to quit 
ev av £“ n i e haunts, which it guards with a vigilant 
i hey build in the bifurcation of trees. The nest 
0,w aut l shallow, lined internally with moss and 
env, Ur fi' The female is stated to lay four or five 
apJj- i nestlings at first are covered with down of 
^dish-gray colour. 
whif] 8 • Uri< " u ' s P e °i es is said to diffuse a musky odour, 
the 1 1 1S ' ^inined even after the skin is prepared for 
in : ^ ut we are inclined to believe, that it is 
Mr Pe l a* j State 0 "if that it possesses this quality, 
shot i • not ?hserve any such odour in the bird lie 
his . ' c a P obliged, for want of better food, to make 
ner of it in the woods, found it not unpalatable. 
n. PALCO cta. 
KBITS, BONAP. blue HAWK, Oil HEN-IiA RRIElt. 
BONAPA11TE, PLATE XII. 
Will be perceived upon 
As 
our long and 
a t tue 
is 
slight inspection of 
ti 1A - j « ^ a l>orate list of synonyms, [printed 
found *• °i * le V0 ^ ume J this well known species 
only doe s Tt a ! m ° S ‘ ? cr T P ar t of the globe; and not 
distinct i , seew t° have been considered every where 
it assume U l oO'Ody/'very different appearance which 
and extnmr.l ' U " n ^ , lts progress through the various 
according to se7 f*f n ° es its plumage undergoes 
rise to a & nomin^ • a ” e ’ ! llls m cacb country given 
that names , VGr „ 8 E“ 0le8 .- At t,,(! samB time, however, 
one bird, two iL.li ‘? cons iderately multiplied for 
together A,’ n i„ ^ distinct, were always confounded 
and plumag^'itwasrcser ffl “ in form 
Montague to noint es f r T ve ^ * or the acute and ingenious 
- "$3. £ «;»»■ -*— ** *. 
and ae£ S t {*T ot .f h ; •° lourpd harrier. It is figured 
Vieijw T f- de * crl ' ,cd “ its states of plnraa|e by 
dedicated it t '*t < ' aerle des Oiseaux, where he has 
thus fulTv mil ,ts . d ! sco J er ® r > railing it Circus Montagui ; 
} apologizing for having, m his article Buzzard, 
