FALCON. 119 



47._HOBBY FALCON. 



Falco subbuteo, Ind. Orn. i. p. 47. Lin. i. 127. Fn. Suec. No. 59. Gm. Liu. i. 2S3. 



Rali,p.lb. JVUt. p.49. t.7. 2?rH7!. No. 10, 11. ilZuW. No. 63. If. Poseg. 



p. 29. Sepp.Voy.S.t.US. Daud. \\, 129. Tern. Man. d' Orn. i). 27. Id. Ed. 



2. 10. 25. 

 Falco Barletta, Dawrf. ii. 129. Ger. Orn. \. t. 45, 46, 47, 48, var. 

 Dendro-falco, Bris. \. p. 375. Id. 8vo, 109. Rail, p. 14. 8. Will. p. 47. Frisch, 



t. 87. .SVmic'*- Zoo/, vii. 193, pi. 25. 

 Hobveau, Biif. i. 277, 1. 17. pi. cnl. 432. 



Baum Talk, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 73. Bechst. Dents, ii. 317. Nattirf. 8. s. 51. 

 Hobby, Gen. Syn. i. 103. Id. Sup. p, 28. Br. Zool. i. No. 61. Id. fol. t. A. 9. Id. 



Ed. 1812. p. 247. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 227.C Alb. i. p/. G. Will. Eng. p. 83. Be- 



tvick, \.pl. p. 39. Lewhi's Birds, i. pi. 21. Id. Eggs, pi. lu. f. 3. jPw/f. Cat. 



Dors. p. 3. ^Fa/e. Syn. t. 21. i>o». ZJirds, iv. p. 91. Ora. Dicf. et Siipp. 



THIS Bird is about 12 in. in length; breadth 2ft. 3 in.; and 

 weighs about seven ounces. The bill is blue; cere and orbits yellow; 

 irides dusky or hazel; the plumage on the upper parts is brown, 

 dashed with ash-colour ; nape of the neck inclining to yellow ; over 

 the eye a narrow white sti'eak ; on each cheek a black mark like a 

 crescent, pointing downwards ; chin, throat, and belly, ferruginous, 

 marked with black down the shafts ; vent and thighs fine rufous, 

 streaked with dusky; the feathers reaching halfway down the legs; 

 under the wings pale cream-colour, undulated, or spotted, with 

 brownish black ; quills dusky, spotted on the inner webs with white ; 

 tail like the back, the two middle feathers plain, the others baned 

 on the inner webs with dusky rust colour; legs yellow, claws 

 black. 



In one which came under my inspection, the back was lead- 

 coloured brown ; the thighs dusky white ; longitudinally marked 

 with bro^vn ; the vent plain white ; and the nape of the neck spotted 

 with white; also the chin, throat, and belly were white, marked with 



