. The birds of our country. MARSH HARRIER. 225 the habit they have of quartering the ground in their low flight, reminding one of the hounds, when search- ing for a hare. They feed principally upon young water birds—Moor Hens, Peewits, and such like, which abound in their marshy haunts—and they also con- sume large numbers of the eggs of these birds. It never hawks its prey, but always seeks it on the ground, though it is considerably faster on the wing than the MARSH HARRIER. I am afraid most of our young collectors will not be likely to meet often with this bird, but it seems occas
. The birds of our country. MARSH HARRIER. 225 the habit they have of quartering the ground in their low flight, reminding one of the hounds, when search- ing for a hare. They feed principally upon young water birds—Moor Hens, Peewits, and such like, which abound in their marshy haunts—and they also con- sume large numbers of the eggs of these birds. It never hawks its prey, but always seeks it on the ground, though it is considerably faster on the wing than the MARSH HARRIER. I am afraid most of our young collectors will not be likely to meet often with this bird, but it seems occasionally to stray after the breeding season is over, for it is described in our Hampshire Birds as a winter visitor to the marshy districts around the New Forest, though it no longer nests with us. It nearly always nests on the ground. The following account I borrow from Seebohm of a nest which he took near Bruns- 15. 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 Stewart, H. E. London, Digby, Long & Co.
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