CATALOGUE. 
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4G. ACQ I PITER VIRGATUS, Temm. Sp. 
Falco virgatus, Iteinw. Temm., PI. Col. 109. 
Accipiter virgatus, O. JR. Gray^ Gen. of Birds, I. p. 29 ; 
Cat.B. Brit.Mus.p. 73. Hodgs., Cat.B. Nep.p. 48. 
Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 22. Bonap., C 
G. Av. 'p. 32. 
Accipiter besra et fringillarius, Jerd , Madr. Journ. L. S. 
X. p. 84 ; III Ind. Orn. t. 4, 29. 
Accipiter affinis, Ilodgs., Beng. Sport. Mag. (1836), 
p. 179. G. B. Gray, Zool. Misc. (1844), p. 81. 
Accipiter Dussiimieri, apud Sykes, P. Z. S. (1832),^. 79. 
? Accipiter iiisoides, BlytJi, Journ. A. S. Beng. XYI. 
p. 727. 
The Streaked Hawk. 
Besra or Basea, female, Dhotee or Dhaeti, male 
Hind., Jei^d. 
Vaishtapa Dtaga, Telugu, Jerd. 
OOB Chitlee (Canarese of the Halapyk caste), Jerd. 
A. Assam. From W. Griffith's Collection. 
b. Sumatra. Presented by Sir T. S. Baffles. 
c. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
d. Tenasserim. Presented by J. W. Heifer, Esq. 
e. Bengal. Presented by Dr. Falconer. 
f. Drawing. King of Tanj Orel's. From J. Torin, Esq. 
g. Drawing. From Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
" The Besra is a comparatively rare Hawk, though well known, by 
name at least, to every native who takes an interest in hawking. Its 
permanent resorts are the large and lofty forests of Western India, 
and it is only after the breeding season is over, about July, that a 
few birds, usually young ones, straggle to various portions of the 
eastern parts of the Peninsula, and there only to districts more than 
usually wooded or jungly. Here they remain a few months and 
return again to the western forests for the purpose of breeding. 
Mr. Elliot says that he ' has only met with it in the Soonda jungles 
(in Canara), where it is taken young by a caste called Halapyks, 
and sold to falconers from Hyderabad.' I have reason to believe 
that several individuals are annually captured in certain districts on 
