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FALCO SUBBUTEO. 



(HOBBY.) 



Falco subbuteo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 127 (1766). 

 Falco barletta, Daud. Traite d'Orn. ii. p. 129 (1800). 

 Hypotriorclris subbuteo, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 976. 

 Falco hirunclinum, Brehm, Yog. Deutschl. p. 65 (1831). 



Le Hobereau, French ; Baum-Falke, Lerchen-FalJce, German ; Boomvalk, Dutch ; Lwrkefalk, 

 Blaafalk, Danish ; Ldrkfalk, Swedish ; Leivohaukka, Finnish ; Tscheglok, Russian ; 

 Loclolajo, Italian ; Albanedda cli Passa, Sicilian ; Alcotan, Spanish ; Falcao vagarote, 

 Portuguese ; Bieo, Maltese. 



6 ad. supra schistaceus, pileo et interscapulio saturatioribus, uropygio et scapularibus posticis purioribus, 

 cinereis : capite summo vix brunnco lavato : loris et supercilio fulvcsccntibus : torque nucbali inter- 

 rupts ferruginea, : plumis orbitalibus, rcgione parotica cum genis antice nigris, bis strigam malarem 

 distinctam formantibus : tcctricibus alaram schistaccis, dorso concoloribus : rcmigibus nigris, intiis 

 versus basin rufo transfasciatis, primariis seliistaceo lavatis, sccundariis ciucrcis, uropygio concoloribus, 

 scapis distincte notatis : cauda, schistacca, pcunis omnibus, duabus mediis execptis, rufo transfasciatis 

 et terminatis : gutture toto et collo latcrali lactescenti-albis, vix f'crruginco tinctis : pectore toto albido 

 ferrugineo lavato, ubique lineis brunncis lanceolatis striolato, hypocbondriis distinctius notato : abdo- 

 mine imo et cruribus pallide fcrrugincis, vix castaneis, immaculatis : tectricibus subalaribus fulvesccnti- 

 albis, brunneo irrcgulariter notatis : rostro ad basin flavo, versus apicem indigotico : cera et regione 

 orbitali flavis : pedibus flavis, unguibus nigris : iride brunncfi. 



$ ad. mari similis, seel paullo robustior : vix tarn la;te colorata : plaga nucbali albida : subtus albida, nigro late 

 striolata : cruribus ferrugineis, nigro anguste lineatis. 



cJ juv. nigricanti-scbistaceus, plumis dorsalibus auguste fulvo marginatis, uropygio fulvo latius marginato : 

 tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus et eodem modo fulvo marginatis : pileo saturate nigricanti-schis- 

 taceo, plumis obsolete fulvo marginatis : torque nucbali indistincte maculis albis indicata : gutture 

 toto cum collo laterali et abdomine imo fulvescenti-albis : pectore fulvescenti-albo, ubique maculis 

 lanceolatis nigris lineato : cruribus vix rufescentibus, nigro longitudinaliter notatis. 



3 jun. similis prtecedenti, sed diversus corpore superiore scbistaceo-nigro, plumis late fulvo marginatis, uropygio 

 rufescente conspicue transfasciato : subtus pallide fulvescens, pectore superiore brunneo irregulariter 

 maculato, parte ima indistincte striolata : cruribus pallide rufescentibus, nigro lineatis. 



Adult Male. Above dark slaty grey, clearer on the rump and upper tail-coverts, and deepest on the head, 

 where there is also a slight tinge of brown ; lores, a distinct eyebrow, and an ill-defined nuchal collar 

 huffy white, inclining to ferruginous on the latter ; a moustachial stripe, fore part of the cheeks, and 

 ear-coverts dark slaty-grey like the head ; hinder part of the cheeks and sides' of the neck creamy 

 white, strongly tinged with rufous ; wing-coverts slaty grey; quills black, the inner web irregularly 

 marked with transverse rufous bars, the primaries slightly washed with grey, the secondaries being 



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