FALCON. 121 



A. — Length 11 inches; bill and cere very deep orange-yellow ; 

 space round the eyes yellow ; irides brown ; general colour of the 

 plumage deep chocolate brown, with deeper coloured spots ; fore- 

 head, cheeks, and throat nearly white; very irregular on the 

 cheeks ; all the under parts dusky white ; neck, breast, and belly 

 marked with large longish spots of brown ; tail 3i in. long, crossed 

 with eight or nine bars of darker brown, but rather j^aler than the 

 back ; quills plain, darker than the rest, and reach, when closed, 

 to the end of the tail ; shafts white ; legs very deep orange-yellow ; 

 claws white. 



Inhabits India, called Dourelah; Sir J. Anstruther. It appears 

 ta be a variety of our Hobby. 



48.— GREATER HOBBY. 



Falco subbuteo major, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. x. 



Der grosse Bautnfalke, Allg. ueb. d. Vog. i. Zussas. p. 660, 29. Taf. i. Bechst. Dents. 



ii. s. 315. 19 Shaw's Zoo/, vii. 195. 

 Greater Hobby, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 47. 



THIS bird somewhat resembles the Hobby, but is as large as 

 a raven ; in length nearly 18 in.; breadth 3 ft.; the bill 1^ inch 

 long, horn-colour ; cere and legs yellow ; irides pale yellow ; head 

 and neck black brown ; cheeks black ; back and wing coverts 

 blackish blue, crossed with obsolete dull brown, ash-grey, and 

 reddish-grey bands ; chin, fore part of the neck, and upper part of 



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