BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 521 



182 J$. Johanna Falcon. — Falcojohannenfis. 



The legs are yellow ; the body is rufty with fmall linear black fpots ; the chin is yel- 

 lowifli ; the wing quill feathers are blackifh brown ; the tail is white, and wedgc- 

 fhaped. Lath. ind. orn. i. 47. n. 113. Syn. fup. 32. 



Inhabits the ifland of Johanna, or Hinzuan. — The bill is black, the bafe of the lower mandible 

 being yellow. 



$$3 76. Common Hobby. — 114. Falco Subbuteo. 14,. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the back is brown ; the nape is white ; the belly is pale, 

 with oblong brown fpots. Faun. fuec. n. 59, 



F. Subbuteo. Lath. ind. orn. i. 47. n. 114. — F. Barletta. Ger. orn. i. 66. t. 45. 46. 47. 45. — 

 Dendrofalco. Raj. av. 14, n. 8. Briff. av. i. 375. Frifch. t. 87. — Hobreau. Bufr. oif. i. 277. t. 17. 

 PI. enl. n. 431. 432. — Baum falk. Gunth. neit. t. 73. — Hobby. Brit. zool. n. 61. Albin. i.t. 6, 

 Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 21. Will. .orn. 83. Lath. fyn. i. 103. n. 90. fup. 28. 



5=84 /J. Northern Hobby. — F Subbuteo borealis.- 



The crown, back, and wing coverts, are bluifh black; the cheeks are white, with a* 

 black flroke reaching through them from the crown. Ar£h zool. ii. 227. o. 



Inhabits Europe and Siberia. — This fpecies is about twelve inches long : It is migratory, and preys 

 much on larks, which are fai&to be fo terrified as frequently to take refuge in the bofoms of man- 

 kind, when purfued ; from this circumitan.ee this kind of Hawk was formerly in much requeff. for 

 flying at larks. . The bill is blue ; the orbits are yellow ; the irides are chefhut, fometimes yellow ;^ 

 the cheeks have each a remarkable white femilunar fpot ; the outer tail quills are barred with black- 

 ifh ; the claws are black. 



In the Northern variety the breaft is white, with oblong black fpots •, the thighs and under fide of 

 the rump are pale orange ; the inner webs of the primary wing quills are marked with oval reddifh 

 fpots ; the two middle tail quills are 01 a uniform dove colour, or bluiih grey, the inner webs of the 

 reft being fpotted like the primary wing quills. The male weighs feven ounces. 



nS$ jj. Surinam Hobby — 115. Fulco nurantius. 116. 



The bill and legs are leaden coloured ; the upper part of the body is dufky brown, with; 

 narrow whitifh lines crofii; g.each other; the chin is garnifhed with very long nar- 

 row whitifh feathers ;. the throat and bread are orange coloured ; the belly and tail- 

 are brown, with abrupt whitifh. ftreaks. 

 E. aurantius. Lath. ind. orn. i. 48. n. 117, — Orange breafted Hobby. Lath. fyn. 1. roj - . n. 91. 



Inhabits Surinam. — Is about the fize of the Common Hobby, being fifteen inches and a half Ion?: 

 The bill.is whitifh at the bafe, and is three quarters of an inch long ;. the crown of the head, fcrag,. 

 and wing coverts are uniformly coloured, without any fpots ; the throat is marked-with round white 

 foots ; the belly is ftreaked with bufF colour ; the lower coverts of the tail are rufty ; the tail is ■ 

 ftreaketL with white near the bafe ; the legs are long and flender, with black claws. — There is fome 



difapreenient. 



