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S^POTTED-TAtLED HOBBY. 



Falco plumbeus. F, cera obscurOj pedibus ftatisy capite dorso 



infimo abdomineque cinereis^ rectricibus later alibus intus maculis 



tribus albis. Lath, ind, orn. 

 Falcon with obscure cere^ yellow legs, head, lower part of back, 



and abdomen cinereous, and tail-feathers marked internally 



with three white spots, 

 Spotted-Tailed Hobby. Latht ind. orn. 



Size of a Sp arrow-Hawk. Native of Cayenne. 

 Described by Mr. Latham from a preserved spe- 

 cimen. 



THE MERLIN. 



Falco iEsalon. F. cera pedibusque fiavis, capite ferrugineu, 

 corpore supra ex ccerulescente cinereo, maculis striisque ferru- 

 gineisj subtus ex Jiavkante albo maculis oblongis, Lin. Syst^ 

 Nat. GmeL 



Falcon with yellow cere and legs, ferruginous head, body 

 above blueish grey with ferruginous spots and streaks, be- 

 neath yellowish white with oblong spots. 



Falco j^iSalon. Briss. orn. 



Merlin. JVilL orn. Penn.Brit. ZooL edit.fol. p, ^O.pL A. 12. 



The Merlin is the smallest of the British Hawks, 

 and scarcely exceeds the size of a Blackbird. It 

 is thus accurately described by Mr. Pennant. 

 "The Merlin weighs near five ounces and a half: 

 its length is twelve inches ; its breadth twenty-five : 

 the bill is of a blueish lead-colour 5 the cere of a 



