24 ACCIPITRIN^E. 



quills nearly equal ; tail long, slightly rounded or even slender ; 

 tarsi long, slender ; the scutae very smooth, and scarcely percep- 

 tible ; toes long, slender ; the inner toe considerably shorter than 

 the outer one, but longer than the hind-toe ; claws well curved. 



. T- 



Accipiter msus, Linn. 



24. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 51 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 445; Deccan, Stray Feathers, 



Vol. IX, p. 371 ; 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 HAWK. 

 Basha, Hin. 



c. Length, 12 to 13 ; wing, 8'5 ; tail, 6 ; tarsus, 2'25. 



? . Length, 15 to 16 ; wing, 9*5 ; expanse, 25 ; tail, 7'5 ; 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. Ill, p. 445 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 

 India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 56 ; Hume's Scrap Book, p. 132. 



THE JUNGLE SPARROW HAWK. 



Besra, Hin. 



<?. Length, 11 ; wing, 675 ; tail, 5 ; tarsus, 2 ; weight, 5J ozs. 

 ? . Length, 14'5 ; wing, 8'5 ; tail, 6'5 ; tarsus, 2'25 ; weight, 

 7 ozs. 



Irides pale yellow ; cere pale lemon-yellow ; legs and feet 

 pale greenish-yellow. 

 The young bird is dark brown, above the feathers edged paler 



