iSo H O B B Y. Clafslf: 



lays four eggs, of the fame color with thofe of the 

 preceding fpecies : its food is field mice, fmall birds 

 and infers; which it will difcoverat a great diflance. 

 This is the hawk that we fo frequently fee in the air 

 fixed in one place, and as it were fanning it with its 

 wings ; at which time it is watching for its prey. 

 When falconry was in ufe in Great-Britain, this kind- 

 was trained for catching fmall birds and young 

 partridges. 



XVII. The H O B B y. 



Le Hobreau. Belonwu. liS. Rati fyn. a'v. \^. 



Cefner anj.'j^.fcsm, Faico fubbuteo. Lin. fjfl, izj, 



Hobbia lurneri. Faun, Suec. /p. ^q. 



^falon. Aldr.a"j. \. 187. Barletta. Lorenzi anj. 45. 



The Hobby. Wil. orn. 83. LaerkeFalk. Brunnich 10. II» 

 Le Hobreau, Dendro-fako. Brif- Br. Zool. 6(). plate A. g. 

 /on a'v. i. 375. 



HIS bird was alfo ufed in the humbler kind 

 of falconry ; particularly in what was called 

 daring of larks : the hawk was caft off; the larks 

 aware of their moll inveterate enemy, are fixed to the 

 ground through fear; which makes them a ready 

 prey to the fowler, by drawing a net over them. 

 Mr. M^illoiighhy fays that the hobby is a bird of paf- 

 Defcr. fage ; but that it breeds in England. The male 

 weighs feven ounces : the length is one foot ; the 

 breadth two feet three inches : 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 down- 

 wards: the coverts of the wings are of the fame color 



with 



