TSCHAGRA SENEGALA 365 
T. s. rufofusca—Type locality Ngungo, Angola; distribu- 
tion Congo region to central Angola; like the last, but still 
darker, superciliary stripe orange-yellow. 
T. s. erythroptera—Type locality Gamtoos River, Cape 
Colony ; distribution, South Africa to the Limpopo; like the 
Senegal bird, but a darker grey below. 
T. s. orventalis—Type locality Mombasa, British E. Africa; 
distribution, coastlands of German and British HK. Africa to 
Mombasa ; smaller than the South African bird, wing under 3°4. 
T. s. armena—Type locality Taveta, British E. Africa ; like 
the Senegal form, but more reddish above, below washed with 
buffy. 
T. s. catholeuca—Type locality Karo Lola, S. Somaliland ; 
pale above, very white below. 
The Black-headed Tschagra is abundant throughout most 
of West Africa. Dr. Rendall found it the commonest Shrike 
on* the Gambia. Dr. Biittikofer records it as generally 
distributed over Liberia among the scattered bushes of the 
open country, and this preference for the scattered bushes 
of the plains of Accra to the dense underwood near Cape 
Coast was very evident to me when I was on the Gold 
Coast. Drs. Reichenow and Liihder found the species breed- 
ing at Accra in September. Alexander obtained specimens 
at Kintampo, Gambaga and Pong, and it has been pro- 
cured at many places in Togoland. Major J. H. Ewart 
obtained a specimen at Lagos and according to Dr. Hartert’s 
notes from Nigeria it is abundant at Loko. It has been 
recorded from Jaunde and south-western Camaroon but 
not from Gaboon, although it is fairly plentiful further 
south down the West Coast until we reach western Cape 
Colony, whence it has not yet been recorded. Mr. 
Monteiro while he was at Kambambe found the species 
abundant there and known to the natives as the ‘“ Quioco.” 
