marsh hawk

Historical Examples of marsh hawk

• The one in question, Lucien said, was the “marsh-hawk,” sometimes also called the “hen-harrier” (Falco uliginosus).

  The Young Voyageurs

  Mayne Reid

• She had entered into noisome places, but so had the marsh-hawk poising grandly on motionless wing there above.

  Blazed Trail Stories

  Stewart Edward White

• It was not the precious nest, however, nor the owners of the nest, on which the fierce eyes of the marsh-hawk had fallen.

  The Watchers of the Trails

  Charles G. D. Roberts

• But the marsh-hawk was still hunting lazily at the other side of the field, and no tragedy followed the childishness.

  The Watchers of the Trails

  Charles G. D. Roberts

• The one in question, Lucien said, was the “marsh-hawk,” sometimes also called the “hen-harrier.”

  Popular Adventure Tales

  Mayne Reid