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Definition of Falco subbuteo
1. Noun. Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falco Subbuteo
Literary usage of Falco subbuteo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1849)
"... that the individual in question must doubtless have been either the Falco
subbuteo or F. ... Falco subbuteo ..."
2. Catalogue of the Specimens Illustrating the Osteology and Dentition of by William Henry Flower, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1891)
"Falco subbuteo. Falco subbuteo, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ip 127 (1700); Sharpe, Cat.
B. Brit. Mus. ip 395 (1874). THE HOBBY. Hab. Europe and Northern Asia. ..."
3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"The males of this sub-genus, like those of Falco subbuteo, are so much attached
to their females, that they keep together even after the breeding season. ..."
4. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"I must, however, remark, that Falco subbuteo and vespertinus seem not to deserve
generic separation from Falco proper. ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1878)
"Two specimens twice the natural size. The ridge from the umbo to the margin is
shown. V. On the Occurrence of the Hobby (Falco subbuteo) in Forfarshire. ..."
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