BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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cheeks, and moustachial region, blackish; upper parts, 

 bluish-grey ; paler on rump, and barred with greyish-black ; 

 primaries, blackish, with a greyish-tinge ; feathers of tail, 

 blackish, with broad bars of bluish-grey; throat, white, 

 tinged with buff; breast and sides of body, crossed with 

 broad bars of dusky; irides, brown; bill, bluish, darker 

 towards the tip ; cere, legs, and feet, yellow. Length, from 

 sixteen to nineteen inches. 



THE Hobby (Falco subbnteo, Linnaeus) is a regular visitor 

 during summer to the British Islands, and breeds through- 

 out most parts of the Palearctic Region, spending the 



