. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . eard, though I saw both birds repeatedly, was thiscall to the female, a double note, which sounded to my ears,tli-keeah. Dresser gives the cry of the male as keew. Thispair of birds had frequent scuffles with two pairs of MontagusHarriers which were nesting in the vicinity. The adult male Marsh-Harrier is, usually, dark brown on theback and mantle, rufous on the rump, neck and wing-coverts, withdark-brown centres to the feathers. The primaries are brownishblack, the secondaries and tail ashy grey. The huffish headand face are surrounded by a fr
. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . eard, though I saw both birds repeatedly, was thiscall to the female, a double note, which sounded to my ears,tli-keeah. Dresser gives the cry of the male as keew. Thispair of birds had frequent scuffles with two pairs of MontagusHarriers which were nesting in the vicinity. The adult male Marsh-Harrier is, usually, dark brown on theback and mantle, rufous on the rump, neck and wing-coverts, withdark-brown centres to the feathers. The primaries are brownishblack, the secondaries and tail ashy grey. The huffish headand face are surrounded by a frill, a partial facial disc. Theunder parts are reddish brown, buff or almost white, streakedwith dark brown ; the thighs noticeably rufous. The bill isbrownish black, the cere, legs and irides yellow. The femaleis a browner bird, lacking the grey on wings and tail, and herhead is darker. According to some writers her irides arereddish yellow, and they are certainly darker, reddish brown,in the immature bird, The young are even more variable than. %, % :^*_/t • J h Y
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