. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . MONTAGUS HARRIER. 127 MONTAGUS HARRIER. drcus Montngui, Yarrell, ]<alco hyemalis, Pknnant. citie7-aceus, cinerarius, and cinerareus, Montagu. Buteo cineraceusy Fleming. Jenyns. Circus—The Greek name of some species of —Of Montagu. I HATE followed Mr. Yarrell in both the Latin and theEnglish denominations of this species, as the previous onehas an equal riglit with it to the descriptive title of ash-coloured. The compliment too of the name is properlyclaimed for Montagu, the first to discriminate the two species—huic de
. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . MONTAGUS HARRIER. 127 MONTAGUS HARRIER. drcus Montngui, Yarrell, ]<alco hyemalis, Pknnant. citie7-aceus, cinerarius, and cinerareus, Montagu. Buteo cineraceusy Fleming. Jenyns. Circus—The Greek name of some species of —Of Montagu. I HATE followed Mr. Yarrell in both the Latin and theEnglish denominations of this species, as the previous onehas an equal riglit with it to the descriptive title of ash-coloured. The compliment too of the name is properlyclaimed for Montagu, the first to discriminate the two species—huic des nominis liujus honorem. Montagus Harrier occurs in the southern countries ofEurope—in Hungary, Poland, Silesia, Austria, Dalmatia,Illyria, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, and France; inAsia, as far east as India, and in Africa. In America itappears to be unknown. Different views seem to have been taken as to the numbersof this bird among us. Mr. Hewitsons account seems tome to be the correct one, that though at one time moreabundant than
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