but notwithstanding^, rap id ,, smboth,»and buojlaift:* I t fii commoijjy
observed. sa ilingmyer m^r^he^ffoir- pe^hfedmii threes n e a r them,
wheiaSe it poimetek ^suiideply upgn^its ‘prey. When ^Ltr has tttus
struck a t a n « p ^ ^ H s« ^ tt;® e |^ p e irs y q jd d d y «from the grass pr
a ' ^ m b M iiw inil's ?jfris&gd# its aim, fojj?j J if msherwise,
IB9 nrey K-devoui&ii on thetepoty^g*
: iii rip rn wastes, frequently s^-'-tihaadk.'" furze epYfejrt%,
^apiong^yeeds/; marshy "hushesy the .low *bramdies of. trees, but
groupdl ThjS nest. &* fouiltjSof sticks, re®ds, Straw,
leaves, and similar mdferialsJh^pes^togetbeF,, iftnT is fmed with
yeal^rS;mafr'or'..<rthe^^©ft^i^staM!|efe jjsat contains from,'three to1
.six, but genef®y* JpTii^or,lfi#'^ tpaie •bfuisbiwbite''egg’s, ^arge and
’round at .tea®: efid:>thp yo:&®|^fte b ^ n i ^ ^ M d ^ tkw b ite sd b ^n ,
‘to wbicb^^cteeted small .^e‘a ^ ^ s ; oflta?/,rust; colour, Yarried .with
brown aplf bfapk. If»4®yWbi)be^,a ^ r^ f c h ^ l'th e ii^st dpringuthe
period j Pf, rearing ther yoiydg^'^ei^arents e^jpee the* ggd&be^.t
alarh&J^Yj^dg?aEj^p d ^ ap d • 'm r o y g tbei^fejtxjety jb je repeating
the syllables .gag, gegC, 'ga^g^fcOE ge, ne/*ge, g t-i ^.Gtowsffiianifegit
apadticular hostility to this ‘speei^s^nnd'^^trpy numb^j-s oFtMir
:■
The Hen-Harrier isv widdfe,spre'ap<9vertenOtb continents, -per-
naps’ ^o re sth a o i any othepi’land bird/ though if ifi* no ♦fciiire
r Cm ark ably& numerous* In t®e* northern fcpunlries1 of-^Lmeric&y
it is X migratory^tepedie^Sstend|ug its* wanderings .from‘Florida
tp^StiiioS^'S Ufa'' ?dt is npflmpwn t6 d^^ed in nm Noytbern,v@r
evem in the MMdle\stat^^» h ^teatfe ad td tC^m h u t rarely^ieefi;.
In tlfife SoujJber-n parts of the U:nion, and espteGi4llyYin ^Iprida,
thnyrkill r^pePeoi®fc©n in all their varieties of , plumage. The
speei^ t lsoipso found in^mlsWest* fndijes, Uterine,'I angi, probably1
has an extensive range, in SwcthiAngtenca*. . It throughout
Britain/ UbTnka4y?^fta%, *^e «©rkfc'pf ^sfiSca/'and the northern
portion ©f Asia. I t ^ j ^ r y common in FiahQevahd the{|N1et)feer-
'lands, isiiii^mLd w R h sW axfd- Sweden, b u t dees not inhabit the
M g h m t Norway, being byfno meap®' an A,rctic b i r d / I t is ag a in
m e t with in the'sbuthermpartk, o£ Afrtea>nea*K the&Cape o f Good;
Hope, and is notiimppxhmEpn.all klolig |h& eastern c o n ^ o f th a t
contmtenif.*' In Sw ^ e flan d ,* aaid other mountainous *c0tufi|ri8s; it
w b f very ram -meeurrepee.