"Montagu's harrier" Quotes from Famous Books
... Circus cineraceus, Montagu. French, "Busard Montagu," "Busard cendre."—Montagu's Harrier is certainly a more frequent visitant to the Islands than either the Hen Harrier or the Marsh Harrier. Miss C.B. Carey records one in the 'Zoologist' for 1873 as having been shot in Alderney in July of that year. She adds that it was an adult male in full plumage, ... — Birds of Guernsey (1879) • Cecil Smith |