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d. Above slaty black, lower upper tail-coverts 

 white ; tail with 2 bars of white on inner webs ; 

 below chestnut. 



116. Accipiter sharpei Reich., Vog. Afrikas, i., p. 

 564, pi. 2 (1901). 



Sharpe's Sparrow-Hawk. 



G. Thighs greyish, with traces of bars ; no nuchal 

 collar. 



a. Like A. sharpei above, but no white spots on 

 centre tail feathers ; below, rufous colour 

 paler on sides. 



117. Accipiter kartlaiibi (Verr.). in Hartl., Orn. W. 

 Afr., p. 15 (1857). 



Hartlaub's Sparrow-Hawk. 



b. With 2 white spots on centre tail feathers ; 

 breast faintly barred with grey ; sides pale 

 vinous. 



118. Accipiter batesi Sharpe, Bull. B.O.C., xiii., 

 p. 50 (1902). 



Bates's Sparrow-Hawk. 



H. Thighs very pale rufous or ashy to chestnut ; 

 no nuchal collar. 



a. Above blackish slate ; nape mottled with 

 white ; sides of neck washed with rufous ; 

 tail with 3 blackish bars ; below chestnut, 

 paler on thighs and more or less barred below 

 breast. Wing, ^, 6.6 ; 2, 7.4. 



119. Accipiter virgatus virgatus (Temm.), PI. 

 i.,pl 109 (1823). 

 Java Sparrow-Hawk. 



Col. 



W. Africa, 

 Cameroon to 

 Benguela. 



W. Africa 

 (Senegambia 

 to Togoland). 



Cameroons. 



119a. Accipiter virgatus besra Jerd., Madras Jnl. 

 Lit. Sci., X., p. 84 (1839). 

 Besra Sparrow-Hawk. 



Larger ; wing, ,^, 6.5-7.1 ; $, 8.35 ; below 

 with markings miich browner. 

 119b.^ca|j^/er virgatus affinis (Hodgs.), in Gray's 

 Zool. Misc., p. 81 (1844). 

 Larger Besra Sparrow-Hawk. 



Greater 



Sunda Is., 



Java, 



N. Borneo, 



Sarawak. 



S. India, 

 Ceylon. 



Himalayas, 



Andamans, 



Siam, 



Formosa, 



Hainan. 



