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cloudings of darker chestnut irregularly dis- 
sSl ot wX '^hole of the egg, accompanied by dots^ and 
small or large spots. Occasionally the eggs have a buffv-white 
diam"^'r55'^i-J'*^^ reddish-brown blotches. Axis, 1-95-2 '2; 
II. THE HOBBY. FALCO SUBBUTEO. 
Falcosnbluteo, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 127 (1766); Macg. Erit 
B. HI p. 309 (1840); Newton, ed. Yarn Brit. B. L p. 65 
(ih7i) ; Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p. 69, pis. 378, 379 (1871) 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 395 (1874)- B. O. Lt' 
Seebohm, Brit.'B. i. p. 31 
(1883 , Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. B. parts ii. ii,. (i8S6) • 
Saunders, Man. p. 337 (1889). '' 
Adult Male.— General colour above dark slaty-grey, inclinin<r 
to blackish on the head, much clearer on the lower back and 
lump; wing-coverts like the back; quills blackish, with rufous 
oiT^thTif^^ i tail slaty-grey, also barred with rufous 
the inner web; forehead and eyebrow whitish, the nauc 
rufous; cheek-stripe, feathers below the eye and 
? black ; hinder part 
white whh ”?t:k, throat, and entire breast creamy- 
SeV streaked with 
greyish shade on the flanks 
and vent, thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts rich rusty-red • 
under wing-coverts huffy-white, with blackish cross-markings • 
cere, orbits, and feet yellow; bill bluish-black, yellow at base • 
win. 0 6 ?T “'5 "ulmen, 0-7 
wing, 9-6; tail, 5-5; tarsus, 1-25. ' ’ 
Adult Female.— Similar to the male, but larger. Total len.^th 
13-6 inches; culmen, 07; wing, lo'd; tail, 6-5; tarsus, 1^4.’ 
Young.-Blackish, with buff edges to the feathers, broadb- 
and more distinct on the secondaries, rump, and especially on 
nd Hop™ ’d iL buffy-wliite ; cheek-stripe 
and line under the eye black; sides of neck, nape, and throat 
rich creamy-buff; under surface of body creamy-buff, the thighs 
and under tail-coverts more rufous; the breast broadly streaked 
with black, the thighs more narrowly, the under tail-covens 
