. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . ••>■ HEN HARRIER. 95 RA PTORES. FALC0NTD1E. PLATE XIX. HEN HARRIER. Circus cyaneus. (Flem.) To Montagu we are indebted for the elucidation of manydifficult and obscure points in this branch of natural history;and as his field of study was nature, the only certain guide,and the deductions he so clearly details are open to the in-vestigation of every one interested in the subject, perfectconfidence may be placed in the result of his observations. Before the publication of his remarks in the LinnseanTransactions, the history of o
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . ••>■ HEN HARRIER. 95 RA PTORES. FALC0NTD1E. PLATE XIX. HEN HARRIER. Circus cyaneus. (Flem.) To Montagu we are indebted for the elucidation of manydifficult and obscure points in this branch of natural history;and as his field of study was nature, the only certain guide,and the deductions he so clearly details are open to the in-vestigation of every one interested in the subject, perfectconfidence may be placed in the result of his observations. Before the publication of his remarks in the LinnseanTransactions, the history of our English Harriers was in-volved in inextricable confusion, and the existence of a thirddistinct species, now well known as Montagus Harrier, doesnot appear to have been even suspected. On the other hand,the Hen Harrier had been by various authors multiplied intoseveral species, inaccurately founded upon the different ap-pearances presented by the male, female, and young. Allthese difficulties were satisfactorily reconciled by the persever-ing investiga
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