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PLATE 15 *. Represents an immature bird, and of the size Young 

 of nature ; indicating a change of plumage, by a few Bird ' 

 grey feathers upon the back and scapulars. The crown 

 of the head, and upper parts blackish-brown, the occi- 

 put with a few white feathers. Chin and under part of 

 the neck white, with black streaks. Breast, belly, and 

 thighs white, with oblong cordated blackish-brown spots. 

 Tail barred with bluish-brown and black. Legs and 

 toes inclining to leek-green. 



HOBBY. 



FALCO susBUTEOy Linn. 

 PLATE XVI. 



Falco subbuteo, Lath. Ind. Omith. 1. p. 47. 114. Gmel Syst. 1. p. 283. 



Raii, Syn. p. 15. A. 14. 



Dendro Falco, Briss. 1. p. 375. 20 Id. 8vo. p. 109 Will. p. 47. 

 Le Hobereau, Buff. Ois. 61. p. 277 Id. PI. Enl. 432. 

 Faucon Hobereau, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 1. p. 25. 2 ed. 



Faum-falke, Bechst. Tasscheub. Deut. 1. p. 36. 



Hobby, Br. Zool. 1. No. 61 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 227- C Witt. (Ang.) p. 83. 



Lewin's Br. Birds, 1. t. 21 Lath,. Syn. 1. p. 103. 99. Ib. Supp. p. 28. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet Id. Sup Pull. Cat. Dorset, p. 3 Don, Br. Birds, 



4. p. 91 Wale. Svn. 1. t. 21 Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p .41 Shaw's 



Zool. v. 7. p. 193. ' 



IN England, this species of Falcon is among the number p er j 0( jical 

 of those birds that are named Polar Migrants, or summer Visitant, 

 periodical visitants. It arrives in April, and after perform- 

 ing the offices of incubation, and of rearing its young, leaves 

 us, for warmer latitudes, in October. I have not been able 

 to trace it far northward, and believe that the boundary of its 

 migration will include but a few of the southern and midland 

 counties (. 



Wooded and inclosed districts appear to be its usual haunts. 



f It has been killed as far north as the Tyne ; and a specimen shot at 

 Streatham Castle, Durham, is now in the collection of the Messrs HAN- 

 COCK, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 



