. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . legs and toes deep orange yellow; claws, as in the male. The young male is at first similar in plumage to the young 84 OEANGE-LEGGED HOBBY. female, but at the first moult it assumes a general bluish greycolour, the feathers on the legs being ferruginous; the bill,cere, legs, toes, and claws, are like those of the old bird. The young female has the bill, cere, and iris as in the adult;crown of the head, reddish brown with dusky streaks, thefeathers tipped with light red—a small moustache descendsfrom the front of the eye; neck on the si
. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . legs and toes deep orange yellow; claws, as in the male. The young male is at first similar in plumage to the young 84 OEANGE-LEGGED HOBBY. female, but at the first moult it assumes a general bluish greycolour, the feathers on the legs being ferruginous; the bill,cere, legs, toes, and claws, are like those of the old bird. The young female has the bill, cere, and iris as in the adult;crown of the head, reddish brown with dusky streaks, thefeathers tipped with light red—a small moustache descendsfrom the front of the eye; neck on the sides, pale reddish oryellowish white, with longitudinal brown streaks and throat white; breast, as the sides of the neck; back, darkbrown, the feathers being tipped with reddish brown. Wingcoverts, the same; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, duskyblack, the inner edges and the tips being buff white. Thetail dark brown, crossed with numerous bars of reddish brown;under tail coverts, deep ferruginous; legs, toes, and claws, asin the MERLIN. 85 MERLIN. Falco {Bsalon, Pennant. Montagu. Bewick. Fleming. Falco—To cut with a bill or hook. bsalon—A species of Hawk, (Aristotle,) supposed to be the Merlin, or the Sparrow-Hawk. Though an Eagle, by comparison with some of the EastIndian species of Hawks, the MerUn is the smallest thatoccurs in this country. In spirit it is nulli secundus, inferiorto none, and was accordingly used in former times in falconryfor the pursuit of birds even much larger than itself, whichit would frequently kill by a single blow on tiie head, neck,or breast. The author of the liook of Falconrie says thatthey were passing good Hawks, and very skilful. Unlikethe Sparrow-Hawk and the Kestrel, if pursued by swallowsand other small birds, it has been known, instead of Hyingfrom them, to become in its turn the aggressor, and at oncedisperse them. Like the Hobby, it has been captured by itsdashing through a pane in the window oi a cottage,
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