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bordering the Mediterranean, and, though in some places abundant, 

 is an extremely local bird. There is no member of this section in 





to ^^^~^. 



Hobby. (After Wolf.) 



Xorth America, but the largest species belonging to it seems to be 

 the Neotropical H. femoralis, for H. diroleucus, though often assigned 

 here is now supposed to be one of the group of typical Falcons. 



HOLMCOCK, HOLM - THRUSH, names of the Mistletoe- 

 TiiRUSH from its seeking the berries of the Holm or Holly-tree. 



HOLORHINAL, the epithet bestowed by Garrod {Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1873, p. 33) in his first taxonomical paper, on what seemed to 

 him a " Subclass " of Birds ; and, although given up ])y him very soon 

 after (oj). cit. 1874, pp. 111-123), it has been absurdly used since 

 by some systematizers, who have thereby made the introduction of 

 the word here necessary. 



HOMALOGONAT^, the first of the two Subclasses, the other 

 being called Anomalogonat^, into which Garrod at one time 

 divided Birds, according as they possessed an Ambiens muscle 

 or not {Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, pp. 116-118), though he admitted 

 that " there are a few undoubtedly homalogonatous birds in which 

 the ambiens muscle is absent." For the groups contained in these 

 categories see Introduction. 



HOMCEOMEPJ, Garrod's name (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, pp. 517, 

 518) for a group of Birds consisting of the HAPLOOPHONiE and 

 TRACHEOPHONiE, and differing from the Heteromeri in that the 



