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ON THE NESTING OF THE HOBBY IN 

 HAMPSHIRE. 



BY 



Commander H. LYNES, r.n., m.b.o.u. 



In the south of Hampshire, there occur at intervals along 

 the base of the South Downs, concealed by the folds of 

 the hills, and beyond the ordinary rounds of the keeper 

 and woodman, small, uncared-for woods, solitudes where 



THE HOBBY S WOOD. 



Green and Spotted Woodpeckers revel among the 

 whitened tree-trunks that intersperse the foliage of the 

 living beeches and conifers, where owls, hawks and Crows 

 hold sway-supreme over smaller fur and feather, and one 

 may hear the rippling cry of the Stone-Curlew on the 

 flint-strewn down above. 



