24 ACCIPITRIN. 
quills nearly equal; tail long, slightly rounded or even slender ; 
tarsi long, slender; the scutz very smooth, and scarcely perecep- 
tible; toes long, slender ; the inner toe considerably shorter than 
the outer one, but longer than the hind-toe ; claws well curved. 
Accipiter nisus, Zinn. 
24.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 51; Butler, Guzerat; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 445; Deccan, Stray Feathers, 
Vol. IX, p. 871; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 73 ; 
Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 56; Hume’s 
Scrap Book, p. 124. 
THE SPARROW HAWKE. 
Basha, Hin. 
dé. Length, 12 to 13; wing, 85; tail, 6; tarsus, 2°25. 
?. Length, 15 to 16; wing, 9°5; expanse, 25 ; tail, 75; tarsus, 
2°5. 
Young bird yellowish-brown above, the feathers edged 
with ochrey, not much so in female; the quills banded on 
their inner webs; and the tail with four bands; beneath 
ochrey-white, with broad longitudinal streaks on the chin 
and throat, changing to bars on the breast, lower abdomen, and 
thigh-coverts. ; 
The adult is blackish or brownish-grey above, white on the 
eyebrow and nape; the quills brown banded, and tail more ashy 
and lighter, with four bands, the last widest and with a white tip, 
the others somewhat indistinct in very old birds ; the chin and 
throat pale ochrey-white, with brown stripes; the rest of. the 
plumage beneath white, the feathers with brown shafts, and 
densely banded with reddish ochrey, in some specimens quite 
rusty ; under tail-coverts pure white. 
The adult female differs somewhat from the male in being paler 
and browner above, and in the lower parts being whiter, with the 
bars and markings more narrow. 
The Sparrow Hawk occurs sparingly throughout the region, but 
only as a cold weather visitant. 
Accipiter virgatus, Reinw. 
25.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 52; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 445; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 
India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 56; Hume’s Scrap Book, p. 132. 
THE JUNGLE SPARROW HAWK. 
Besra, Hin. 
3. Length, 11; wing, 6°75; tail, 5; tarsus, 2; weight, 5} ozs. 
‘ 9. Length, 145; wing, 8:5; tail, 6:5; tarsus, 2°25; weight, 
0zs. 
Trides pale yellow; cere pale lemon-yellow; legs and feet 
pale greenish-yellow. 
The young bird is dark brown, above the feathers edged. paler 
