Class IL HOBBY. 197 



was in ufe in Great Britain, this kind was trained 

 for catching fmall birds and young partridges. 



Le Hobreau. Belon a'v. ii8. Raiifyn.anj. 15. 61. Hobby 



Gcjmr av. 75. fa-m. Falco fubbuteo. Lin.fyfi, 127. 



Hobbia. Tumn-i. Faun. Suec. fp. 59. 



^lalon. Aldr. a-j. I. 187. Barletta. Lorenzi av. 45. 



The Hobby. Wil. cm. 83. Stein-Falck. Fri/ch. I. 86. 



Le Hobreau, Dcndro-falco. Laerke-Falk. 5;k«»<V/?' 10. 1 1. 



BriJJhn anj. I. 375. Hiji. Br. Zool. 69. plate A. 9. PL 



d'Oys. I. 277. Enl. 431. 



THIS bird was alfo ufed in the humbler 

 kind of falconry •, particularly in what was 

 called daring of larks : the hawk was caft oft; the 

 larks aware of their mod inveterate enemy, are 

 fixed to the ground through fear ; which makes 

 them a ready prey to the fowler, by drawing a net 

 over them. The hobby is a bird of paflage ; but 

 breeds in England, and migrates in OEloher. 



The male weighs {tvtn ounces: the length is Descrip. 

 one foot •, the breadth two feet three inches : cere 

 and orbits yellow: irides hazel: upper mandible 

 furnifhed with a procefs : above each eye a white 

 line: the crown of the head and back are of a deep 

 bluilh black : the hind part of the head is marked 

 with two pale yellow fpots ; each cheek with a 

 large black one pointing downwards : the co- 

 verts of the wings are of the fame color with the 

 back, but Hightly edged with ruft color : the inte- 

 rior 



