ORD. RAPTORES, 



FAM. ACCIPITRINjE. 



GEN. AC CI PI TEE. 



PLATE XXIX. 



ACCIPITEE BESRA. 



THE ADULT BESRA HAWK. 



For Synon. — vide Plate IV. 



The accompanying is another representation of a bird previously figured, but in a differ- 

 ent state of plumage, and has moreover the advantage of having been figured from the liv- 

 ing bird, a female, after her first moult. Shikarees state that it does not vary except in 

 intensity of shade from the plumage exhibited in future moults. 



I am confident that it will prove to be a distinct and well marked species. The specific 

 name minutus of Latham, I believe, was originally given to a species killed in Malta, most 

 probably an African one ; and the Malayan virgatus, with which it is supposed identical by 

 Strickland, is a very distinct, though nearly allied species. For an account of dimensions, 

 habits, &c. see Plate IV. of the present Illustrations. 



