328 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on 



and, when disturbed, flew to a similar place ; it acted 

 just like a little Kingfisher. The stomachs contained 

 insects. — G. L. B.] 



Fraseria ocreata. 



Fraseria ocreata (Strickl.) ; Sharpe^ Hand-1. B. iv. p. 266 ; 

 E-eichenow, Vog. Af'rikas, ii. p. 445. 



a. S ad. Efulen, Jan. 1, 1902. 



Z». c? ad. „ Dec. 11, 1902. " Nsauze.'' 



No. 145. ? ad. Efulen, May 2, 1903. 



Nos. 38, 68. River Ja, Feb. 1903. '' Osese.'' 



Nos. 772, 818. S ? ad. Efulen, June 13, 29, 1905. 



Nos. 1015, 1073. cT ad. „ Aug. 8, 22, 1905. 



Nos. 1281, 1373. S ad.; 1595, 1609. ? ; 1608. S • River 

 Ja, Jan. 10-29 to March 26, 1906. 



The specimens belong to the true F. ocreata, and the birds 

 from the Gold Coast are evidently F. prosphora of Oberholser, 

 which has the head of the same slaty-grey colour as the 

 back. We have several specimens of the latter bird from 

 the Gold Coast. 



[The " nsanze " — or " osese,^' as it is called at the Ja — is a 

 bird of the small trees on old cleared grouud, where it feeds 

 on insects. I have been told that it has a song. — G. L. B.] 



SiGMODUS RUFIVENTER. 



Sigmodus rvfiventris Bp. ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iv. p. 274 

 Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 537 (1903). 

 a,h. $; c. ? ad. Efulen, March 22, 1902. 

 No. 995. $ ad. „ Aug. 1, 1905. 



No. 1120. $ ad. Zima Country, Oct. 12, 1905. 

 No. 1845. ? ad. River Ja, July 15, 1906. 

 Nos. 2070, 2071. $ juv. Bitje, River Ja, Nov. 15, 1906. 



FiSCUS MACKINNONI. 



Lanius mackinnoni Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, pp. 444, 596, pi. xiii.; 



Sjostedt, t. c. p. 79; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 617 



(1903). 



Fiscus mackinnoni Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iv. p. 285 (1903).^ 

 a-d. S ? ad. Efulen, Dec. 12, 1901, to July 26, 1905. 



'' Asanze." 



