133 



285. 



285a. 



285b. 



Falco siihhuteo suhhuteo Linn., S. N., i., p. 

 89 (1758.) [" Europe " = Sweden.] 

 Hobby. 



Size scarcely larger ; above paler ; below 



with the stripes rather smaller. 



Falco subbideo jiigurtha Hart, and Neum., 



J.f.O., 1907, p. 591. [Tangier.-] {=F. 



gracilis^ aiict.] 



North African Hobby. 



Paler above and with slightly longer wings 

 than F. s. subbuteo ; wing of cJ nearly 

 equal to wing of ? of typical form. 

 Falco subbuteo centralasice (Buturl.) Orn. 

 Mitt, ii., p. 175 (1911). [Baimgol, Tianshan] 

 [=F. s. cyanescens Lonnberg.J 

 Central Asian Hobby. 



Europe ; 

 from Scan- 

 dinavia and 

 Brit. Isles 

 to Mediter- 

 ranean ; 

 W. Siberia ; 

 in winter S. 

 to Africa & 

 N.W.India. 



Tunis, 



Algeria, 



Morocco, 



to 



Central 

 Asia, S. 

 Chinese 

 Turkestan 

 and Assam. 



SHghtly larger than F. s. subbuteo ; wing 

 (J about 10.75 in. ; darker and more 

 heavily marked below. 

 285c. Falco subbuteo jakutensis (Buturl.), Nascha 

 Ochota, 4. 6, p. 71 (1910). [New name for 

 his F. saturatus, type loc. TscJmktschen- 

 Bezirk, N.E.Siberia.] 

 Kamtschatkan Hobby. 



E. Asia and 

 Kamt- 

 schatka ; 

 S. in winter 

 to Japan & 

 N. China. 



Similar to F. s. subbuteo, but smaller ; 

 wing (^ 9.40-9.75, ? 9.85-10.15 in. 

 285d. Falco subbuteo streichi Hart & Neum., China, from 

 J.f.O., 1907, p. 592. [S. Ckina—Simtow.] Kwang- 

 Chinese Hobby. tung Prov. 



N. to 

 Shensi. 



