. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^.. 319. hy^^i/'-' MONTAGU'S HARRIER. Circus cinerAceus (Montagu). This species, first distinguished from the Hen-Harrier by Mon- tagu, is smaller and more slender than that bird, with proportionately longer wings; and in any stage of plumage it may infallibly be recog- nized by the outer web of its 5th primary having no emargination. Montagu's Harrier was never a resident in the British Islands, as erroneously stated by Seebohm ; on the contrary, it is merely a spring and summer visitor to Europe (hardly exceptiftg the Mediterranean bas
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^.. 319. hy^^i/'-' MONTAGU'S HARRIER. Circus cinerAceus (Montagu). This species, first distinguished from the Hen-Harrier by Mon- tagu, is smaller and more slender than that bird, with proportionately longer wings; and in any stage of plumage it may infallibly be recog- nized by the outer web of its 5th primary having no emargination. Montagu's Harrier was never a resident in the British Islands, as erroneously stated by Seebohm ; on the contrary, it is merely a spring and summer visitor to Europe (hardly exceptiftg the Mediterranean basin), and its northerly range is not extensive. To us it comes in April, and a pair or two make their nest—often fruitlessly—almost every year in East Anglia; while instances are on record of it having bred of late years in Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Hants— including the Isle of Wight—and other counties of England, as well as in Wales; and it even reaches to Yorkshire, beyond which it is rare. In the Solway district a female, which had evidently been sitting, was shot, according to Mr. R. Service, on June 15th 1882, and there have been a few other occurrences; but the species is un- known in Scotland, except in the south, and statements that it has bred in Sutherland or visited Caithness are unfounded. In Ireland. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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