Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The marsh-harrier, Circus æruginosus: so called from frequenting moors. See cut under
marsh-harrier .
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_Falconidae_ under the title _Circinae_, and by it one species, the moor-buzzard (_Circus aeruginosus_), is still known in such places as it inhabits.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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