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BIRDS. 
[Clafs II. 
SPECIES X- The Hen-harrier, the Male. Plate A 6. 
The Ringtail, the Female. Plate A. 7. 
Falco torquatus. Briffbn av. 1 . 3 4 5. 
Falco pygargus. Lin.fyfi. 89. 
Gefner av. 48. 
JVil orn. 72. 
Rail fyn. av. 17. 
Blue Hawk. Edzv. 225. 
| male? or the hen-harrier, weighs 
about twelve ounces : the length is 
_ feventeen inches; the breadth three 
feet three inches : the bill is black : cere, 11 ides, 
and edges of the eye-lids yellow : the head, neck, 
back, and coverts of the wings, are of a bluiflt 
grey : the back of the head white, fpotted with a 
pale brown : the b tea ft, belly, and thighs, are 
white : the former marked with a few frnall dulky 
ftreaks : the fcapular feathers are ot a deep grey, 
inclining to dulky: the two middle feathers of the 
tail are entirely grey , the others only on their 
exterior webs ; the interior being white, marked 
with fome dulky bars: the legs are yellow, long 
and (lender. 
The female weighs fixteen ounces ; is twenty 
inches long; and three feet nine inches broad : on 
the hind part of the head, round the ears to the 
chin, is a wreath of Ihort ftiff feathers of a dulky 
hue, tipt with a reddilh white : on the top of the 
head, and the cheeks, the feathers are dulky, bor~ 
dered with ruft color; undereach eye is a white 
fpot : the back is dulky ; the rump white, with 
oblong yellowilh fpots on each lhaft; the tail is 
long, and marked with alternate bars of dulky and 
tawny; of which the dulky bars are the broadeft; 
the bread and belly are of a yellowilh brown, with 
a call of red, and marked with oblong dulky fpots; 
the legs in color and lhape referable thofe of the 
male. Thefe birds fly very low, Ikimming the 
furface of the ground; and are very deftru£tive to 
our young poultry; they lay four eggs, befmeared 
over with red, a little white appearing here and 
there. 
SPECIES XI. The Keftril. A 8. 
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Fig. 1. The Male. Fig. 2. The Female. 
The Keftril, Stannel, Stonegall, 
Windhover. Wil. orn . 84. 
Raii fyn. av- 16 . 
Briffbn av- 1 - 393- 
T H E male of this beautiful fpecies weighs 
only fix ounces and a half: its length 
is fourteen inches ; the breadth two 
feet three inches ; its colors at once diltinguilh it 
from all other hawks : the crown of the head, 
and the greater part of the tail, are of a fine light 
grey ; the lower end of the latter is marked with 
a broad black bar •• the tip is white: the back 
and coverts of the wings are of a purplifh red. 
Falco tinnunculus. Lin.Jyfi. 90. 
Gefner av- 54. 
Plinii lib. 10. c. 37. 
elegantly fpotted with black: the interior fides of 
the quil feathers are dulky, deeply indented with 
white. 
The female weighs eleven ounces : the color 
of the back and wings are far lefs bright than thofe 
of the male: it differs too in the colors of the 
head and tail; the former being of a pale reddilh 
brown, ftreaked with black ; the latter of the fame 
color. 
