Crass II. Hr 1O7 Be By cY; 
was in ufe in Great Britain, this kind was trained 
for catching {mall birds and young partridges. 
Le Hobreau. Belon av. 118. Raii fyn. av. 15. 
Gefner av. 75. fem. Falco fubbuteo. Liz. fpf. 127. 
Hobbia. Turzeri. : Faun. Suec. Jp. 59. 
fEfalon. Aldr. av. I. 187. Barletta. Lorenzz av. 45. 
The Hobby. Wil. orn. 83. Stein-Falck. Fri/ch. I. 86. 
Le Hobreau, Dendro-falco. Laerke-Falk. Brunnich 10.11. 
Brifin av. 1. 375. Hif?. Br. Zool. 69. plate A. 9: Pl, 
a’ Oys.- 1. 277. Enxl. 431. 
; HIS bird was alfo ufed in the humbler 
ob. kind of falconry ; particularly in what was 
called daring of larks: the hawk was caft off; the 
larks aware of their moft inveterate enemy, are 
fixed to the ground through fear; which makes 
them a ready prey to the fowler, by drawing a net 
over them. The hobby is a bird of paffage; but 
breeds in England, and migrates in Ofober. 
The male weighs feven ounces: the length is 
one foot; the breadth two feet three inches: cere 
and orbits yellow: irides hazel: upper mandible 
furnifhed with a procefs: above each eye a white 
line: the crown of the head and back are of a deep 
bluifh black: the hind part of the head is marked 
with two pale yellow fpots; each cheek with a 
large black one pointing downwards: the co- 
verts of the wings are of the fame color with the 
back, but flightly edged with ruft.color: the inte- 
rior 
10g 
61. Hopsy. 
Descrrer. 
