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BRITISH BIRDS* 
pale, marked with dulky breaks ; the thighs ruby, 
with long duflcy breaks ; the wings brown ; the 
two middle feathers of the tail are of a deep dove 
colour, the others are barred with ruby, and tipt 
with white. The female is much larger, and the 
fpots on her breab more eonfpicuous than thofe of 
the male ; the legs and feet are yellow. 
The Hobby breeds with us, but is faid to emi- 
grate in October. It was formerly ufed in falcon- 
ry, chiefly for Larks and other fmall birds. The 
mode of catching them was Angular; when the 
Hawk was cab off, the Larks, bxed to the ground 
through fear, became an eafy prey to the fowler, 
by drawing a net over them. Buffon fays that it; 
W&s ufed in hunting Partridges and Quails. 
