HOBBY. 



ACCIPITRES. 



65 



FA LCONID.E. 



Falco subbuteo, Linnaeus*. 

 THE HOBBY. 



Falco subbuteo. 



The Hobby, a true Falcon, though of small size, may be 

 considered a Peregrine Falcon in miniature, but is rather 

 less bulky in proportion to the whole length ; the body of 

 the bird being slender, the tail elongated, and the points of 

 the wings reaching even beyond the tail. It sits like a 

 Swallow, close to its perch, with its wings much crossed, 

 and the carpal joints thrust out. In this country it is a 

 summer visitor, appearing in April, and leaving again gene- 

 rally in October for warmer regions, like other summer 

 visitors. 



* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 127 (1766). 



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