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f 1 . Throat, cheeks and eyebrows white ; 

 remainder of under surface of body pale 

 yellow aurantia, 2 . 



d. Upper parts golden green. 



g 1 . Under parts yellow, with the throat golden 

 green only in adult males. 

 c". With metallic edges to most of the quills, collar is. 

 f 2 . With olive edges to the quills .... hypodila. — 

 h 1 . Chest ashy with a double collar of golden 

 green and orange 

 g-. Chin and upper throat yellow .... rectirostris. 

 h". Chin and upper throat ashy grey . . . tephrolama. 



e. Upper parts brown. Sexes alike in plumage. 

 i 1 . Forehead and throat metallic blue ; breast 



yellow with the centre and the under tail- 

 coverts scarlet anchietce. 



k 1 . Above ashy olive ; eyebrow and under 



parts whitish gabonica. 



Anthothreptes fraseri. 



Anthothreptes fraseri (Jard. and Selby), Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 113 



(1884) ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 73 (1896). 

 Anthreptes fraseri, Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 307, pi. 99 (1879) ; Oberholser, 



Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1899, p. 16 Camaroons. 



Adult Male. Olive, paler beneath, wings and tail more golden olive ; 

 eyelids sulphur yellow ; pectoral tufts orange red. Bill brown fading into 

 olive yellow towards the base of the lower mandible ; legs olive green ; iris 

 hazel. Total length 5-3 inches, eulmen 0-65, wing 2-8, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult Female. Similar to the male, but with no bright pectoral-tufts. 



Fraser's Scarlet-tufted Olive Sunbird inhabits Camaroons, 

 Fernando Po and Gaboon. 



Mr. GL L. Bates has recently met with the species in 

 Camaroons. The type was procured on Fernando Po by 

 Fraser, according to whose notes " two other specimens only 

 were seen, but could not be obtained. They had a straight 

 dart-like flight, appeared of a long slender form, and ran 

 actively up the small branches in search of insects. Bill 



