12. FKASERIA. 



303 



irnt. Total length o-8 inclies, culmeu 0-6, wing 2-75, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 0-95. 



Male. Similar to the female (Dohrn). 



Hah. The same as that of the genus. 



II. 5 ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 c. Ad. sk. 



Prince's Island. 

 Prince's Island. 

 Gaboon. 



Dr. A. Dohrn [C.l. 

 Dr. A. Dohrn [C.]. 

 M. Verreaux. 



12. FRASERIA. 



Fraseria, Bp. C. R. xxxix. p. o-jG (1854) . . 

 Eucneniidia, Heine, J. f. O. 18G0, p. 1.34 . . 



Type. 

 F. ochreata. 

 F. ochreata. 



Claw and head uf Fru^friii ochrmta. 

 Eanije. Confined to Africa. 



Keij to the Species. 



a. Grey abore, with no white spot in front of the eye ochreata, p. .303. 



b. Grey above; in front of the eye a conspicuous 



white tuft of plumes over the loral region dnerascens, p. 304. 



1. Fraseria ochreata. 



Tephrodomis ochreatus, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1844, p. 102 ; Allen, Exp. 



Niger, ii. p. 489 : Fraser, Zoolor/ia Typ. pi. 36 ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 358; Haiil. J.f. O. 1855, p. 3U0; Gray, Haml-l. B. i. p. 394. 

 Fraseria ochreata, Bp. C. B. xxxix. p. 536; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. 102; id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 171 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 52; Vd 



Ibis, 1872, p. 71 ; Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche S(c., p. 20. 

 Eucneniidia ochreata, Heine, J.f. O. 1800, p. 134. 



Achilt (type of species). Above ashy grey, darker and rather 

 browner on the head, the ear-coverts decidedly browner ; wings 

 dusky brown, externally washed with ashy grey like the back, 

 clearer on the primaries : tail also dusky brown, washed on the 

 outer webs with grey ; checks and underparts white, with a few 

 dusky grey margins to the feathers, very distinct on the sides of 

 the neck and chest, and gradually disappearing on the breast ; the 

 flanks rather washed with gre^- ; abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 white ; thighs greyish, the feathers margined with white ; under 

 wing-coverts grey, broadly edged with white ; bill and legs (in skin) 

 dark horn-brown. Total length 0-5 inches, culmen 0-G5, wing 3-6, 

 tail 2-So, tarsus 0-9. 



Obs. Immature birds generally have some tinge of ochraceous 



