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Hill Blackbird : The RING-OUZEL. (Xorthiunberland.) 



HillChack: The RING- OUZEL. (Orkneys.) 



Hill Hooter : The TAWNY OWL. (Cheshire.) 



Hill Lintie : The TWITE. (Orkneys.) 



Hill Pigeon : The STOCK-DOVE. (Cheshire.) 



Hill Plo\t:r : The GOLDEN PLOVER. (Forfarshire.) 



Hill Sp.u?row : The ]\IEADOW-PIPIT. (Orkneys and Shet- 

 lands.) 



Hissing Owl: The BARN-OWT^. (Yorkshire.) From the 

 liissing sound uttered at times. 



HOBBY [No. 235]. The name occurs Latinized '' hobbia " in 

 Turner (1544), but in English in Willughby (1678), who 

 correctly designates it " suhhuteo of Aldrovandus," a name 

 applied by Turner to the female HEN-HARRIER, or 

 Ringtail. Willughby remarks that the word Hobby is 

 derived from its Fi'ench name (which in Old Fr. was 

 Hoht.lsiod. Fr. Hohereau, or Hobreau), but Swainson thinks 

 the Mod. Fr. Hohereau is from Old Provencal Alban (=white. 

 from its light plumage) through Old Fr. Aiihreau. 

 Aldrovandus spells it " Hobie." In addition to being a 

 favourite species for hawking, this bird was formerly 

 employed in what was called the " Daring of Larks," an 

 ancient usage in fowling, in which a Hobby was let off 

 to prevent the larks from rising wliile they were being 

 netted. Among falconers Hobby was properly the name 

 of the female, the inferior male being called Jack or Robin. 

 In the Shetlands the name Hobby is applied to the MERLIN 

 according to Saxby. 



Hobby Bird. An old Norfolk name for the WRYNECK 

 according to Sir Thomas Browne, " because it comes either 

 wdth, or a little before, the hobbies in the spring." 



Hobby Owl: The BARN-0\^T.. (Northants.) 



HoBiGOCH Brongoch ( Yr). A Welsh name for the REDBREAST. 



HoDDY Craw or Huddy Craw: The CARRION-CROW. 



(South Scotland.) 



HOLBOLL'S REDPOLL [No. 22]. A rare vagrant from the 

 Polar regions. Of doubtful distinction from the MEALY 

 REDPOLL. 



Holland Duck : The SCAUP-DUCK. (Forfarshire.) 



Holland Hawk : The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. (Ballan- 

 trae, Scotland.) 



