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grinus, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. i. 22; iii. 11. — Falco pere- 
grinus; Peiegrine Falcon, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, iii. 294. 
12. Falco Subbuteo. Hobby Falcon. 
Wings when closed extending beyond the tail. Male with 
a black cheek-band, the upper parts greyish-black, the lower 
yellowish-white, with longitudinal brownish-black streaks, 
the lower tail-coverts and tibial feathers red. Female with 
the upper parts dark brown, the lower reddish -white, with 
broader dark brown markings, the lower tail-coverts and 
tibia! feathers of a lighter red. 
Male, 12, 26, 10, 1 Female, 14, 28. 
Of unfrequent occurrence in England, and not hitherto 
observed in Scotland. It preys upon small birds and insects, 
seems to prefer inland situations, and, according to Montagu, 
builds in trees, sometimes taking possession of a crow’s de- 
serted nest. The eggs, three or four in number, are broadly 
elliptical, bluish-white, blotched with greenish-brown, l^^inch 
long, 1||. in breadth. 
Falco Subbuteo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 127. — Falco Subbuteo, 
Temm. Man. d’Ornith. i. 25; iii. 12. — Falco Subbuteo, Hobby 
Falcon, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, iii. 309. 
13. Falco vespertinus. Orange-legged Falcon. 
Wings when closed about the same length as the tail. 
Male with the plumage of a uniform deep greyish-blue, 
excepting that of the abdomen and legs, and the lower tail- 
coverts, which are bright yellowish-red ; cere orange-red, feet 
reddish flesh-colour. Female with the upper part of the head 
and the hind neck yellowisfl-red, the back greyish-blue, barred 
with black, the tail bluish -grey with black bands, the lower 
parts light yellowish -red, with oblong brown spots. Young 
with the head reddish-brown, with black shaft-lines ; the 
feathers of the back deep brown, edged with light red, the 
space about the eyes blackish, the lower parts yellowish- 
white, with longitudinal brown spots. 
Male, 12, ..., 9, i-iV? iiV? i%* Female, 13, ..., 9^. 
Three individuals described by Mr Yarrell as having been 
I obtained, in May 1830, at Horning in Norfolk, a female in 
■ Holkham Park ; and, in 1832, another individual in the same 
county. Two obtained in Yorkshire, one in the county of 
Durham, and two more, one of which was kept for some time 
in the Menagerie of the Zoological Society, the other obtained 
near Devonport, are all that have been recorded. One also 
