150 FALCONIDJC. 



the greater part of North America, ranging southwards 

 in winter to the West Indies, Central and South America. 

 It is replaced in the Commander Islands, Kurile Islands, 

 Aleutian Chain, and the north-western coast-region of 

 America from Alaska to Oregon by a closely allied race, 

 F. p. pealei. 



Falco subbuteo, HOBBY. 



FalGO subbuteo Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 89 : Sweden. 



Falco subbuteo Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, p. 395 ; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 102; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 349. 



Subbuteo=a little like a Buteo, q. v. ; as if a translation of Aristotle's 

 vjroTpi6pxT)s (Gesner), 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Summer Visitor, 

 breeding regularly in most of the southern counties of 

 England, especially Hampshire, as far west as Devonshire, 

 but only known as a rare migrant in Cornwall. To the north 

 of the Thames and in the eastern counties as far north as 

 Lincolnshire it is less frequent. In the midlands it is met 

 with occasionally, but is rare in Derbyshire, Cheshire, and 

 Yorkshire. In Scotland, where it has occurred as far north as 

 the Shetlands, and in Wales and Ireland, it is a rare visitor 

 but is known to have nested in Perthshire in 1887. 



General Distribution. The Hobby breeds in Europe 

 generally, from Scandinavia and north Russia to the 

 Mediterranean and north-\vest Africa : also in northern and 

 central Asia, eastwards to Kamchatka. In winter it is 

 found in Africa, as far south as Cape Colony, also in India, 

 and China. Other races have been recognised from north- 

 west Africa and from various parts of Asia. 



Falco aesalon. MERLIN. 



Falco sesalon Tunstall, Ornith. Brit. 1771, p. 1 : France. 



Falco regulus Pall Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, p. 406. 

 Falco aesalon Tunst. B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 103; 

 Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 351. 

 aladXwv, a kind of Hawk in Pliny. 



