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Bailly observes: — 



"The Hobby is sedentary and very common in Switzerland and Savoy, particularly during 

 the early part of October. At this time many specimens of both young and old birds arrive 

 from the north of Europe, and remain for a time with us before the severe winter sets in, 

 when they proceed to the south." 



Godron says it passes Lorraine in September ; and De Selys-Longchamps remarks that in 

 Belgium it is seen " during migration in August and September. It is found then in the small 

 groves. It repasses in the spring. It is rare.'' 



De la Fontaine states that in Luxembourg " the Hobby occasionally breeds with as. 

 M. Mohimont informs me that in 1841 he saw in the possession of a lad at Lahage, in the 

 commune of Bellefontaine, canton of Etalle, two young Hobbies taken there." 



In Holland, Mr. H. M. Labouchere tells us, the Hobby breeds in small numbers in the 

 southern provinces, but is nowhere common. 



In Germany it is a regular summer migrant ; and, according to Kjicrbolling, it is " pretty 

 common in Denmark, arriving in April and leaving with the Larks in September and October." 



Nilsson observes : — 



"This Falcon belongs more to the south than to the north of Scandinavia. In Skane it 

 may be noticed in many of the woods and groves, and is there the commonest Hawk. It is also 

 found on Oland and in the southern part of Norway, and is common near Gothenburg, but is not 

 seen in the north of our peninsula. It inhabits the woods in the flats in preference to the 

 hill-country, and frequents the edges of such woods, groves, and large gardens near the fields 

 where small birds are to be found. . . . With us it is a migrant, departing late in September, 

 October, or early in November, in company with Finches, Sparrows, and other small birds, which 

 leave us in flocks ; and it returns with them in spring, between the 20th and 30th of April or early 

 in May. Occasionally one or two remain with us over the winter." 



Mr. R. Collett says that it is found near Christiania in the summer, although not numerous, 

 and breeds there, always using deserted Crows' nests. It arrives early in April, and leaves late in 

 October. 



Meyer records it as common in Livonia. 



Along all the countries of the Mediterranean the Hobby is more or less abundant. In Spain, 

 says Mr. Howard Saunders, " this species does not appear to be very numerous, though generally 

 distributed. Lord Lilford informed me that it was certainly nesting in the pine-woods of Coria 

 in May ; and this year I received the eggs from that locality." 



Machado says it inhabits the plains of Andalucia, appearing in February and leaving in the 

 autumn. 



Major Irby also sends us a note to the effect that the Hobby arrives in Southern Spain early 

 in May, and breeds in Andalucia, but is not very common, being more a passing migrant. 



The Eev. A. C. Smith, in his paper on the Birds of Fortugal, says : — " Falco subbuteo is 

 also pronounced to be tolerably common ; but I did not meet with it, whether alive or in the 

 museums." 



Mr. C. F. Tyrwhitt Drake, writing on the Birds of Tangier and Eastern Morocco, says : — 

 "I saw this bird twice near Cape Negro;" and Dr. Tristram, in his essay on the Ornithology of 



