. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE HEN HAKEIEE. 41 in colour, cue having the upper parts grey, the lower white; and the other the upper parts reddish brown, and various parts of the plumage of a light colour, barred and streaked with deep brown. The experienced ornithologist, Montagu, suspecting that they were male and female of the same species, undertook to clear up the matter by rearing a brood taken from the same nest. The result was that. THE HEN UAKKIEK. at first there was no great difference, except in size, all having the dark plumage of the Hen Harrier; but a
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE HEN HAKEIEE. 41 in colour, cue having the upper parts grey, the lower white; and the other the upper parts reddish brown, and various parts of the plumage of a light colour, barred and streaked with deep brown. The experienced ornithologist, Montagu, suspecting that they were male and female of the same species, undertook to clear up the matter by rearing a brood taken from the same nest. The result was that. THE HEN UAKKIEK. at first there was no great difference, except in size, all having the dark plumage of the Hen Harrier; but after the fiust moult, the males assumed the grey and white plumage, while the larger birds, the females, retained the gayer colouring. In habits both birds resemble the Marsh Harrier, but do not confine themselves to damp places. They frequent open plains, hill-sides, and inclosed Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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