. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ght red, of which there are five on each web of themiddle feathers, and seven on those of the outer, the spots onthe outer webs being small and roundish, on the inner trans-verse. The mystachial band is black ; the lower parts reddish-wdiite, with longitudinal brownish-black streaks, which arebroader on the sides, some of the elongated feathers
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ght red, of which there are five on each web of themiddle feathers, and seven on those of the outer, the spots onthe outer webs being small and roundish, on the inner trans-verse. The mystachial band is black ; the lower parts reddish-wdiite, with longitudinal brownish-black streaks, which arebroader on the sides, some of the elongated feathers of whichare of that colour, with lateral round spots of light red; thelower tail-coverts, however, are barred with greyish-black ;the lower wing-coverts variegated with reddish-white andgreyish-black. The females have the upper parts somewhattinged with brown. Individuals vary in tint, and in the mark-ings, especially of the tail, which are more or less extendedacross the webs. Pkogress toward Maturity.—At the second moult, thebirds assume the colouring described as peculiar to the adult,differing only in having the markings on the lower parts larger,and the upper parts less blue. The tint becomes purer andlighter as the birds advance in 309 FALCO SUBBUTEO. THE HOBBY FALCON. Falco Subbuteo. Linn. Syst. Nat. T. 127. Falco Subbuteo. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 47. Hobby. Mont. Orn. Diet. Faucon Hobereau. Falco Subbuteo. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 25 ; II. 12. Hobby. Falco Subbuteo. Selb. Illustr. I. 43. Falco Subbuteo. Hobby. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 82. Winps when closed extending beyond the tail. Male with ablack cheek-band, the upper parts greyish-black, the lower yellowish-white, icith longitudinal brownish-black streaks, the lower tail-coverts and tibial feathers red. Female with the upper partsdark brown, the lower reddish-white, with broader dark brownmarkings, the lower tail-coverts and tibial feathers of a lighter red. Male.—The Hobby bears a striking resemblance to thePeregrine
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