. British zoology . H JEJSr H A R B. I E R. Class IL HOBBY. 197 was in ufe in Great Britain, this kind was trainedfor catching fmall birds and young partridges. Le Hobreau. Belon av. ii8. 15. 61. Hobby Gcjmr av. 75. fa-m. Falco fubbuteo. , 127. Hobbia. Tumn-i. Faun. Suec. fp. 59. ^lalon. Aldr. a-j. I. 187. Barletta. Lorenzi av. 45. The Hobby. Wil. cm. 83. Stein-Falck. Fri/ch. I. 86. Le Hobreau, Dcndro-falco. Laerke-Falk. 5;k«»<V/?10. 11. BriJJhn anj. I. 375. Hiji. Br. Zool. 69. plate A. 9. PL dOys. I. 277. Enl. 431. THIS bird was alfo ufed in the humblerkind of
. British zoology . H JEJSr H A R B. I E R. Class IL HOBBY. 197 was in ufe in Great Britain, this kind was trainedfor catching fmall birds and young partridges. Le Hobreau. Belon av. ii8. 15. 61. Hobby Gcjmr av. 75. fa-m. Falco fubbuteo. , 127. Hobbia. Tumn-i. Faun. Suec. fp. 59. ^lalon. Aldr. a-j. I. 187. Barletta. Lorenzi av. 45. The Hobby. Wil. cm. 83. Stein-Falck. Fri/ch. I. 86. Le Hobreau, Dcndro-falco. Laerke-Falk. 5;k«»<V/?10. 11. BriJJhn anj. I. 375. Hiji. Br. Zool. 69. plate A. 9. PL dOys. I. 277. Enl. 431. THIS bird was alfo ufed in the humblerkind of falconry •, particularly in what wascalled daring of larks: the hawk was caft oft; thelarks aware of their mod inveterate enemy, arefixed to the ground through fear; which makesthem a ready prey to the fowler, by drawing a netover them. The hobby is a bird of paflage ; butbreeds in England, and migrates in OEloher. The male weighs {tvtn ounces: the length is foot •, the breadth two feet three inches : cereand orbits yellow: iride
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