. A history of British birds . that are stillolder, the wing-coverts and tertials in addition become par-tially or entirely ash-grey; the primaries slate-grey; thechin and throat nearly white; the breast rufous, streakedlongitudinally with dark brown; belly, thighs and undertail-coverts, reddish-brown, each feather streaked with darkbrown; the legs and toes yellow; the claws black. In young birds of the year, the whole of the plumage ischocolate-brown; the feathers tipped with lighter reddish-brown ; the irides then are yellowish-hazel and remain so inthe females at all ages. In the second yea
. A history of British birds . that are stillolder, the wing-coverts and tertials in addition become par-tially or entirely ash-grey; the primaries slate-grey; thechin and throat nearly white; the breast rufous, streakedlongitudinally with dark brown; belly, thighs and undertail-coverts, reddish-brown, each feather streaked with darkbrown; the legs and toes yellow; the claws black. In young birds of the year, the whole of the plumage ischocolate-brown; the feathers tipped with lighter reddish-brown ; the irides then are yellowish-hazel and remain so inthe females at all ages. In the second year, the head, neck, chin and throatbecome dull yellow, with occasionally a patch of the samecolour on the carpus, or anterior point of the wing. Thefigure given by Bewick represents a bird in this stage. Messrs. Elwes and T. E. Buckley mention a specimen of adeep brown, almost black, all over. Duck-Hawk, Harpy, and White-headed Harpy, are names occasionally bestowed on the Marsh-Harrier. L32ACCIPITRES. FALCON I Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus*).THE HEN-HAEEIEE. Circus cyaneus. The decided difference in colour between the males andfemales of must of the Harriers when adult is a subject nowwell understood ; but in no species is it more conspicuous thantin. present. The old male, from his almost uniform ash-greycolour, as seen in the figure, is often called provincially the Dove-Hawk, Tdue Hawk or Miller, and by the moregeneral name of Hen-Harrier. The female, or Eingtail,as will appear from the description at the end of this article,is entirely different; and a representation of the head of • /•,//,,, cyaneus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 12. (17u6). HEX-HAEKIER. 133 one forms the subject of the vignette, in which the circularruff around the face—a character more or less exhibited byall the species of the genus, is distinctly seen. Though ithad been previously supposed by many naturalists that theHen-Harrier and the Eingtail were the male and female ofthe sam
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