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THE HOBBY. 
Valeo subbuteo Ray. 
PLATE V. 
Falco subbuteo, Ray, Linnaeus, Latham, &c Faucon 
Hobereau, Temm Tbe Hobby of Brit, authors. 
The Hobby is also a finely formed falcon, and 
possesses great power of the wings, which are 
proportionally longer than in the Peregrine. 
This bird is a summer visitant to England, but 
only a rare one, and its most northern recorded 
range is noted by Dr Heysham in his catalogue 
of the Cumberland Animals, prefixed to Hutchin- 
son’s History of Cumberland. He says, “ Whether 
it migrates or not, I have seen it in the beginning 
of November.” A specimen is also mentioned 
by Mr Selby as having been killed at Streatham 
Castle, Durham.* In Scotland I am aware of no 
instance of its being captured, and in Ireland it 
seems equally rare, or rather somewhat doubtful 
whether it has ever occurred at all. 'f' It also 
appears to be only migratory on the Continent, 
* Brit. Ornith. i. p. 43, 2d edit, 
t See Mag. of ZooL and Bot. vol. ii. 
