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116a. Accipiter sharpei beniensis Lonnberg Ark. E. Congo. 

 f. Zool, X., No. 24, p. 13 (1917). [Beni, 

 Belgian Congo.'] 

 Congo Sparrow-Hawk. 



Larger ; wing <J 162 mm. ; tail 146 mm. ; 

 tail with 3 instead of 2 transverse white 

 spots. 



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

 collar. 



117. Accipiter hartlauU (Verr.), in Hartl., Orn. W. Africa 



W. Afr., p. 15 (1857). [Casamanze, type in (Senegambia to 



Gurney CoU. (?)] Togoland.) 

 Hartlaub's Sparrow-Hawk. 



Wing ad. 152 mm. ; like A. sharpei above, 

 but no white spots on centre tail feathers ; 

 below, rufous colour paler on sides. 



a. Thighs very pale rufous or ashy to chestnut ; 

 no nuchal collar. 



118. Accipiter virgatus virgatus'^ (Temm.), PI. Greater 



Col., i., pi. 109 (1823). [Java, type in Sunda Is., Java, 



Leyden Mus.] N. Borneo, 



Java Sparrow-Hawk. Sarawak. 



Wing 3 162, $ 188 mm. ; above blackish 

 slate ; nape mottled with white ; sides of 

 neck washed with rufous ; tail with 3 black- 

 ish bars ; below chestnut, paler on thighs 

 and more or less barred below breast. 



118a. Accipiter virgaius besra Jerd., Madras Jnl. S. India, 

 Lit. Sci. , X. , p. 84 ( 1839) . [Soonda Jungles.] Ceylon. 

 Besra Sparrow-Hawk. 



* A. virgaius rufoiibialis Sharpe is a synonym. 



