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 ■ I recognise three races of this Wood-Shrike as follows : 



1. — Fraseria ocreatus ocreatus. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — Fernando Po, Southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gaboon, 

 Angola, N. Belgian Congo and Uganda. (British Muséum 

 Séries.) 



Dr Reichenow records it also from the Gold Coast, but this 

 must be the foUowing race. 



Distùiguishing characters. — Upper-parts grey, head blackish 

 clearly defined from back;under parts white,breast-feathers clearly 

 but narrowly squamated with black. 



2. — Fraseria ocreatus prosphora. 



Fraseria prosphora Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXII, 

 1900, p. 37 : Libéria. 



Ratige. — Gold Coast, Libéria. 



Distinguishing characters. — Upper-surface lighter, head and 

 back uniform, dark grey under-parts less distinctly squamated. 



3. — Fraseria ocreatus kelsalli. 



Fraseria ocreata kelsalli Bannerman, Bull. B. O. C, XLII, 

 January 1922, p. 68. — Type locality : York Pass, Sierra 

 Leone. 



Range. — Sierra Leone. 



Distinguishing characters. — Upper-parts uniform grey, under- 

 parts white ; breast-feathers, flanks and under tail-coverts broadly 

 margined with grey verv distinct from the above two forms. 



