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THE HOBBY. 



Falco Subbuteo. F. subcceruleo nigricans, subtus albus maculis 

 oblongisfuscis, genu utrinque macula descendcnte nigra. 



Blueish-dusky Falcon, beneath white with oblong black spots, 

 and cheeks marked on each side by a descending black spot. 



Falco Subbuteo. F. cera pedibusque flavis, dorso fusco, nucha 

 alba, abdomine pallido maculis oblongis fuscis. ■ Lin, Syst. Nat. 



The Hobby. Will. orn. Perm. Brit. Zool. <§ c, 



The Hobby is well described by Mr. Pennant. 

 u It is, says he,, a bird of passage, but breeds in 

 England, and migrates in October. The male 

 weighs seven ounces: the length is one foot; the 

 breadth two feet three inches; cere and orbits 

 yellow j irides hazel: upper mandible furnished 

 with a process : above each eye a white line; the 

 crown of the head and back are of a deep blueish 

 black: the hind part of the head is marked with 

 two pale yellow spots $ each cheek with a black 

 one pointing downwards : the coverts of the wings 

 are of the same colour with the back, but slightly 

 edged with rust-colour: the interior webs of the 

 secondary and quill-feathers are varied with oval 

 transverse reddish spots: the breast white, marked 

 with oblong spots of black: thighs and vent-feathers 

 pale orange: the two middle feathers of the tail 

 are entirely of a deep dove-colour: the others are 

 barred on their interior sides with rust-colour and 

 tipped with a dirty white. The spots on the breast 

 of the female are of a higher colour than those of 



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