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lUPTORES. 



FALCONID.E. 



FALCONID^. 



THE HOBBY. 



Falco sublmteo, The Hobby, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 247. 

 Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 42. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 49. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 43. 

 Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 82, 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 

 Faucon Hobereau, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 25. 



The Hobby, a true Falcon, tlioiigli 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 



