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THE HOBBY. 



Falco subbuteo. RAY. 

 PLATE V. 



Falco subbuteo, Ray, Linnceus, Latham, &c Faucon 

 Hobereau, Temm. The Hobby of Brit, authors. 



The Hobby is also a finely formed falcon, and 

 possesses great power of the wings, which are 

 proportionally longer than in the Peregrine. 

 This bird is a summer visitant to England, but 

 only a rare one, and its most northern recorded 

 range is noted by Dr Heysham in his catalogue 

 of the Cumberland Animals, prefixed to Hutchin- 

 son's History of Cumberland. He says, " Whether 

 it migrates or not, I have seen it in the beginning 

 of November." A specimen is also mentioned 

 by Mr Selby as having been killed at Streatham 

 Castle, Durham.* In Scotland I am aware of no 

 instance of its being captured, and in Ireland it 

 seems equally rare, or rather somewhat doubtful 

 whether it has ever occurred at all.f It also 

 appears to be only migratory on the Continent, 



* Brit. Ornith. i. p. 43, 2d edit. 



t See Mag. of Zool. and Bot. vol. ii. 



