G12 EAPTOEES, OE BIEDS OF PEEY. 



The parent birds exliibit the greatest solicitude for their young 



Fig. 287. — The Hobby (Hypobuorchis sttlbuteo). 



until able to provide for themselves : when that stage of maturity 

 arrives they are driven forth. 



Fig. 288.— Merlins (//. .Ssaioii). 



The Peregrine Falcon is found among the cliffs of Normandy 



