BLUE HAWK, OR IXEN-IIARRIER. 
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! n English we shall call harrier, the name of buzzard 
being appropriated to the Buleones Though perfectly 
„ ^ mar ked in the typical species, such as this, the 
group to which our bird belongs passes insensibly into 
w hers, but especially into that called Buleo, some even 
? t “ e North American species being intermediate 
etween them. Whenever the groups of falcons shall 
,. e to the rank of genera, it will perhaps be 
ound expedient to unite circus and buteo, as they do 
"t differ much more from each other than our two 
ections of hawks ; those with long and slender legs, 
■no those with short stout legs, A. stur and Sparvius of 
u hors, the line of demarcation being quite as difficult 
w be drawn. 
The harriers are distinguished in their tribe by their 
eak, much compressed bill, destitute of a tooth or 
iarp process, but with a strongly marked lobe ; their 
. orl a, ’d bristly cere ; their long, slender, and scutellated 
^ > their slender toes, of which the outer are con- 
w 1 * '’- v a membrane; their nails, subequal, 
oak, channelled beneath, much incurred, add extremely 
.l^I’ j a very remarkable characteristic is exhibited in 
a- 1 j lr ou - wings, subequal to the tail, which is large, 
. eveu > ol ’ slightly rounded at tip : their first quill is 
'/ s hort, always shorter than the fifth, and the third 
1 oul 'th is the longest. Their slender body and elegant 
v a P e , le ®T distinguish them from their allies, the 
izzarUs. They may be farther subdivided into those 
*• '' , ue . 1 * 10 f e| nale at least is possessed of that curious 
• ci.i nng ot scaly or stiff feathers, so remarkable in 
mil °' V r’ alK ! t . ‘ 0S , e entirely destitute of it. One species 
on'y .s found m the United States, which belongs to 
the first section and cannot he confounded with any 
j- . h that from which we have thought, proper to 
aistmgmsh it at the beginning of this article. In this 
section, the female differs essentially from the male, the 
young being similar to her in colon'r. The latter change 
wonderfully as they advance in age, to which circum- 
twT 6 1S °"’ in £ tlie wanton multiplication that has been 
a de of the species. In those which compose 
the 
