lalco subbuteo; fLirav:)
%
. the Hobby, i? |p | is a immature i f i| tb« & •' |||g i Pjfflj: ( ! ftf § f l S K am
raBttoatsB .fefdiiiis,) «¡r a great #i; wwwefe«*» i<r fflt¥-jl§ W* Ws'
. which ¡is rapid fligb* St. ipjlpi j! ‘WtfardMihiMS, ff ^ . . . .
liairks, am o ^w b ik i& Jfl wakp« j|fij|jifr -wmi. §«diff Asvo trainwi,.though;
QuaiJfe aad j4rt.ridg<». | | | | § § | Eu ro p e ; where « I B p | j | ¥
migratory, passing sonduvm’dS: ¡»Wr ^ . In o u r island it ax*vm is* sp rin g , *nd ttopiwt»
in the month of October, and; H$$f c:Hieepthm K e stre l an d Sjwmiwbawk, is One o f f i e commonest
of oar smaller birds of prey. I t fineijttcntis in preferesfcp# «¿uatled d istric ts, n ew the. margins o f rivers, along
which it may be observed to glide, rapidly darting frock M perch in p u rsu it ot dragon* ilies an d th e la rg e r
coUoptera. Its heat is built in trees, and, according to U. Tenmiinek, sometimes even in bushes o f m oderate
size: it ia m*mI occasionally to usurp the nest of the €row,~-«a circumstance in w h ich i t agrees w ith many o f
its eongcaers. T h e eggs a re threat} 01 aumher, of a d ud wh ite m o ttled with reddish brown.
Among th e trtMt Falcontn no ¡bird presents less S $ | p ; difimirnce e ith e r in size o r co lp a r. The male, in
its a d ttlt p lumage, .has doe u p p e r surface o f a deep blackish bine ■% th e th ro a t whitC with a, black moustache
' passing from th e eye a # s tre tc h in g ddwiwawls to th e n e c h i d ie lower par«».Whitish
will. ¿ • g jnM t p i f i , ! IW 1it ifc-lts -.»I lv.r'-r O» a sr s r ,v .i:i i ■ !.■ 'I '4nnR% ¡«rred with black t (lie . j
i beak Iwi !jft$ ¡ « ' ¡ I
The is W N il l»ieKW*ti9 Si.' « 4 » . “ ! f * <» s ’
but the tints itt'e dtdhe' , s.m.t '■ Hv S'.i';s.:ir - itth nrtbltt, s'ru't >“ . ..! . nt. r
head; «be lonisi tedin- 'J' , ii: » »w if ¡»*& 4m taww.-Oie * * •» * n # iif « g iS l jf to light reAIhA
I f S i the cere and tarsi yefio?Hish gpawsH
The Plate represen ts an adult m&te and fifrsait^r «? the nataral »me»