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Falco subhnteo suhhuico Linn., S. N., i., p. 

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

 Hobby. 



285. Falco snhhnteo suhhutco Linn., S. N., i., p. Europe ; 



from Scan- 

 dinavia and 

 Brit. Isles 

 to Mediter- 

 ranean ; 

 • W. Siberia ; 



in winter S. 

 to Africa & 

 N.W. India. 



Size scarcely larger ; above paler ; below 

 with the stripes rather smaller. 

 285a. Falco subbuteo ingurtha Hart, and Nenm., Tunis, 



J.f.O., 1907, p. 591. [Tangier.] [=F. Algeria,^ 

 gracilis^ auct.] ^ Morocco* 



North African Hobby. 



Paler above and with slightly longer wings 

 than F. s. subbuteo ; wing of (J nearly 

 equal to wing of ? of typical form. 

 285b. Falco subbuteo centralasia' (Buturl.) Orn. Central 



Mitt. ii.,p. 175 (1911). [Z^aiw/^o/, r/^;zs//a;/] Asia, S. to 

 [=F. s. cyanescens Lonnberg.J Chinese 



Central Asian Hobby. Turkestan 



and Assam. 



Slightly larger than F. s. subbuteo ; wing 

 cJ about 10.75 in. ; darker and more 

 heavily marked below. 

 285c. Falco subbuteo jakuteiisis (Buturl.), 'Nascha 

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

 his F. saturatus, type loc. Tschuktschen- 

 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 S 9.40-9.75, ? 9.85-10.15 in. 

 285d. Falco subbuteo streichi Hart & Neum., 

 J.f.O., 1907, p. 592. [5. China— Swatow.] 

 Chinese Hobby. 



China, from 

 Kwang- 

 tung Prov. 

 N. to 

 Shensi, 



