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FALCO SUBBUTEO 
HOBBY 
Cere and legs yellow ; back brown ; nape 
white ; belly palish, with oblong brown 
spots. 
Falco Subbuteo, Lin. Gme. 
Hobreau, Buffon. 
Hobby, Will. Pen. Lath. Bew. Mont. 
Shaw. 
The male of this species measures twelve 
inches in length and two feet two inches in 
breadth, and weighs about seven ounces. 
The female weighs nine ounces, and very 
much resembles the male in plumage, but is 
not so dark above, and the lighter parts be- 
neath not so ferruginous. 
This bird breeds in England, and migrates 
in October: it forms its nest in trees, but 
sometimes takes possession of that which has 
been deserted by the crow. It lays three or 
four eggs, which are said to be white. 
The young birds are not so dark-coloured 
as the adults. 
Small as this species of Falcon is, it is in- 
