THE HOBBY. 



Ji'alco Subbilteo. F. subcceruleo nigricans, subtus albus maculi^ 



oblongisfuscis, genis ntrinque macula descendente nigra. 

 Blueish-dusky Falcon> beneath white with oblong black spots, 

 and cheeks marked on each side by a descending black spot. 

 Falco Subbuteo. F. cera pedibusque ^avis, dorso fusco, nucha 

 alba, abdomine pallida maculis oblongisfuscis, Lin* Si/st, Nat, 

 The Hobby. Will, orn, Pemi. Brit, Zool 4 c. 



The Hobby is well described by Mr, Pennant* 

 " It is, says he, a bird of passage, but breeds in 

 England, and migrates in October. The male 

 weighs seven ounces : the length is one foot ; the 

 breadth two feet three inches: cere and orbits 

 yellow: irides hazel: upper mandible furnished 

 with a process : above each eye a white line : the 

 crown of the head and back are of a deep blueish 

 black : the hind part of the head is marked with 

 two pale yellow spots; each cheek with a black 

 one pointing downwards: the coverts of the wings 

 are of the same colour with the back, but slightly 

 edged with rust-colour: the interior webs of the 

 secondary and quill-feathers are varied with oval 

 transverse reddish spots : the breast white, tnarked 

 with oblong spots of black: thighs and vent-feathers 

 pale orange: the two middle feathers of the tail 

 are entirely of a deep dove-colour: the others are 

 barred on their interior sides with rust-colour and 

 tipped with a dirty white. The spots on the breast 

 of the female are of a higher colour than those o.f 

 y. VII. 1^ 



