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ORD. I. GEN. I. FALCON. 



S P. XXL HOBBY. 



PI. 21. 



Falco Subbuteo. Lin. Syft. I. p. 1 27. 

 Le Hobreau. BriJ. Orn. I. p. 375- 



The male of this fpecies is in weight near feven ounces, twelve inches long, 

 and the extent of the wings is two feet three inches. The bill is blue: cere 

 yellow, eyes brown; eyelids yellow : over the eye is a white line : the nape of 

 the neck and the throat are white : crown of the head, back, and wings, of a 

 dark blue grey colour: belly pale yellow, marked with oblong fpots of brown: 

 on each cheek, under the eye, is a black curved' mark, pointing downwards: 

 the vent and thighs are a pale reddilh white, marked with fmall oblong dark 

 daflies • le<^s yellow. The wings are remarkably long in this bird, being even 

 with the end of the tail when clofed. The tail feathers are ruft colour, barred 

 with black. 



The female, like thofe of all other birds in this genus, is larger than the 

 male, but does not materially differ in colour or markings. This is not a 

 very common fpecies. It frequents and breeds in the woods in moft parts of 

 England, but migrates elfewhere in the month of Oftober. From the great 

 length of its wings it is very rapid in flight, and was formerly ufed in falconry. 

 For the egg fee PI. V. Fig. i. 



