612 EAPTOEES, OE BIEDS OP PEET. 



The parent birds exhibit the greatest solicitude for their young 



Fig. 287. — ^The Hobby [Hypobiwrchis suhbuteo). 



until able to provide for themselves ; when that stage of maturity 

 arrives they are driven forth. 



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Fig. 288.— Merlins [H. ^salon). 



The Peregrine Falcon is found among the cliffs of Normandy. 



