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OBANGE-LEGGED HOBBY. 



PLATE XV. 



Falco rufipes, BECHSTEIN. 



Falco vespertinus, GMELIN. LINN^US. LATHAM. 



THE nest of the Orange-legged Hobby is said to be built in the 

 hollows of trees, and it is also asserted that use is sometimes made of 

 that of a Magpie or other bird. 



The eggs seem to vary considerably in colour: 



One is rather light brown, marked all over with darker confluent 

 markings of the same. 



A second is of a fine light russet orange hue with a tinge of yellow, 

 marked in the same way. 



A third is of a light dull yellow, minutely speckled all over with a 

 slightly darker colour. 



A fourth is dull white, with irregular indistinct dots all over it, and 

 a few of a larger, darker, and more distinct character, and the lower 

 end nearly covered with the same. 



The first figure on the plate is from a specimen in the collection of 

 H. F. Walter, Esq., of Russell Square, London. 



