. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . s to have been the first whorecorded the occurrence of this bird in Europe. Sincethen it has turned up plentifully in Spain. It probablyhas its head quarters in Africa, being found accidentallyin France, Germany, and Italy. In modern days ornithologists have changed the venuein regard to the charge of resemblance between Falcocyaneus and F. pallidus. The latter is now held to beso nearly like F. cineraceous, (Montagus Harrier,) thatSchlegel denies its specific distinction from that am at a loss, however, to comprehe
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . s to have been the first whorecorded the occurrence of this bird in Europe. Sincethen it has turned up plentifully in Spain. It probablyhas its head quarters in Africa, being found accidentallyin France, Germany, and Italy. In modern days ornithologists have changed the venuein regard to the charge of resemblance between Falcocyaneus and F. pallidus. The latter is now held to beso nearly like F. cineraceous, (Montagus Harrier,) thatSchlegel denies its specific distinction from that am at a loss, however, to comprehend how such anopinion has been arrived at by so eminent a naturalistas Schlegel. The decided marks of distinction pointedout by Temminck and Colonel Sykes, particularly thebars on the rump, and the number of specimens thathave been taken both in Europe, Africa, and Asia, allhaving the distinctive characters alluded to, form, Ithink, sufficient evidence to settle the claim of this birdto the position assigned to it by all naturalists, withthe exception of M. *> 1. PALE-CHESTED HA2. IMPERIAL EAGLE. - L,] PALE-CHESTED HARRIER. 57 The Pale Harrier is said by Colonel Sykes to feedprincipaEy upon lizards; that it inhabits wild rockyplains, that the sexes are never met with together, andthat it builds in high trees. The figure of the egg of this bird is from a drawingby M. Thienemann, pi. 44, fig. 2. The adult male, according to Temminck, has all theplumage generally pale; the grey colour very clear;the top of the head in the male has no brown andwhite spots; the rump and upper tail coverts are markedwith grey bars; the bars on the side tail quills aresix or seven, and more strongly tinted with , mantle, and wing coverts of a pale grey; quillswhite at the base, passing into deep brown at theirextremities, and margined externally with greyish; allthe parts below, from the throat to the abdomen, of apure white, more or less varied according to age, withfine bro
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