. A history of British birds . 138 A \%, #U. ClECUS CINEEACEUS (MoiltagU*). MONTAGUS HARRIER. Circus Montagiii f. The specific distinction of this bird was first demonstrated,in 1802, by Colonel Montagu, who named it the Asli-colonred Harrier ; but in consequence of a suggestion madein the first Edition of this work, English ornithologists havevery generally followed the example set them by continentalwriters and commemorated the discoverer of this species bycalling it Montagus Harrier. * Falco cincraccus, Montagu, Ornithological Dictionary, vol. i. (unpa
. A history of British birds . 138 A \%, #U. ClECUS CINEEACEUS (MoiltagU*). MONTAGUS HARRIER. Circus Montagiii f. The specific distinction of this bird was first demonstrated,in 1802, by Colonel Montagu, who named it the Asli-colonred Harrier ; but in consequence of a suggestion madein the first Edition of this work, English ornithologists havevery generally followed the example set them by continentalwriters and commemorated the discoverer of this species bycalling it Montagus Harrier. * Falco cincraccus, Montagu, Ornithological Dictionary, vol. i. (unpaged)(1802). t Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. dHist. Nat. xxxi. p. 411 (1810). MONTAGUS HARRIER. 139 Specimens of Montagus Harrier of either sex maybe readily distinguished from those of the Hen-Harrier,although about etjual to them in length, by being muchmore slender in shape, and not near so heavy, the averageweight of Montagus Harrier being about nine ounces and aquarter, that of the Hen-Harrier about thirteen ounces ; thetarsus is shorter; the third quill-feather, or remex, o
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