. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^. 315. THE MARSH-HARRIER. CfRCus ^RUGiNosus (LinnEeus). This species, known as the Moor-Buzzard so long as ' moor' retained a signification allied to ' mire' or ' marsh,' can now be barely included among our indigenous birds. The principal cause of its decrease in England has been the drainage of the fens in the eastern districts, and the reclamation of the marshy wastes in Somerset, Dorset, Shropshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire and some other counties, where it used to breed until within the last thirty or forty years. Sometimes a pair or
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^. 315. THE MARSH-HARRIER. CfRCus ^RUGiNosus (LinnEeus). This species, known as the Moor-Buzzard so long as ' moor' retained a signification allied to ' mire' or ' marsh,' can now be barely included among our indigenous birds. The principal cause of its decrease in England has been the drainage of the fens in the eastern districts, and the reclamation of the marshy wastes in Somerset, Dorset, Shropshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire and some other counties, where it used to breed until within the last thirty or forty years. Sometimes a pair or two attempt to rear their broods in the Broad-district of Norfolk, but are rarely, if ever, allowed to succeed, and I know of no other county in which this Harrier has recently nested; though migrants from the Continent occur in spring and autumn, reaching Western England and Wales. In Scotland the Marsh-Harrier is very rare, even in the Solway district which is not altogether unsuited to its habits ; the only example Booth ever saw was an immature bird in East Lothian ; single instances are on record from Dumbartonshire as well as from Scalpa, near Skye; Mr. Macleay of Inverness has received but one in all his long experience; Mr. G. Sim of Aberdeen tells me that only a solitary. 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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