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ANTHREPTES FRASERI. 



(FRASER'S SUN-BIRD.) 



Anthreptes fraseri, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. N. S. pi. 52 (1842); Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 409, 

 no. 3 (1850) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 14 ; Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 37; Du Chaillu, 

 Equat. Afr. p. 472 (1861). 



Nectarinia fraseri, Gray, Gen. B. i, p. 99, no. 98 (1847); Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 16 ; Hartl. 

 Orn. W.-Afr. pp. 50, 271 (1857); id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 109. 



Elwocerthia fraseri, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 292, no. 682, pi. 578, fig. 3934 (1854). 



Mangusia fraseri, Bp. Comptes Rendus, 1854, p. 265. 



Arachnothera fraseri, Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 113, no. 1399 (1869). 



3 ad. supra lsete olivascenti-viridis, tectricibus alarum magis aurato-olivaceis : remigibus brunneis extus 

 aurato-olivaceis : Cauda absque concoloribus : annulo ophthalmico flavo : facie laterali et corpora subtiis 

 olivascenti-viridibus, abdomine lsetius flavo : fasciis pectoralibus scarlatinis basaliter flavis : subalaribus 

 pallide flavidis : remigibus subtus brunneis intus fulvido marginatis : rostro brunneo, ad basin mandi- 

 bulse olivascenti-flavo : pedibus olivascenti-viridibus : iride saturate brunnea. 



3 imm. similis mari adulto, sed fasciis pectoralibus nullis. 



Hab. in Africa occidentali. 



Adult Male. Upper parts olive-green ; wing-coverts slightly more yellow ; quills dark brown, with the 

 outer webs olive-yellow ; tail golden olive, with the quills of the feathers dark brown ; eyelids sulphur- 

 yellow ; underparts pale yellowish olive ; pectoral tufts orange-red ; under surface of the wings dark 

 brown, with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts buff, the latter shaded with yellow ; bill 

 brown, shading into olive-yellow towards the base of the lower mandible; irides dark brown; legs 

 olive-green. Total length 5 - 3 inches, culmen O'GS, wing 2'8, tail 2 - 4, tarsus 0"65. 



Immature Male. Similar in plumage to the adult male, excepting that the pectoral tufts are absent. Total 

 length 4*3 inches, culmen 0"6, wing 2"3, tail 1/7. 



Hab. Fernando Po, and the Gaboon country in Western Africa. 



Feaser's Sun-bird may be recognized by the general olive-green colour of its plumage, no portion 

 of which has metallic reflections, by the straight and comparatively short bill, and by the pectoral 

 tufts being orange-red. 



Mr. Keulemans informs me that his specimens of C. obscurus from Prince's Island were 

 incorrectly referred to the present species ; and Dr. Dohrn has likewise fallen into a similar 

 error, for he writes : — " The male bears a strong resemblance to the former species (C. hartlaubi), 

 with the exception of the yellow axillary feathers, the greenish brown legs, and the rather grey 

 breast." Now these characters apply well to C. obscurus, but not to the present species ; for in 

 the present bird the entire plumage is green, the pectoral tufts not yellow, but orange-red, and 



