PRIONOPS CONCINNATA 483 
specimen in the Paris Museum, while inland at Gambaga it 
has been met with by Captain Giffard and Colonel Northcott. 
Mr. J. 8. Budgett, during his stay at the Gambia, visited 
Nianimaru and writes: “ All the Shrikes were found solitary 
or in pairs, except Prionops plumata, which moved restlessly 
about the thickets of the stony plateau in parties of a dozen.” 
He also found them “fairly common in small parties” at 
Kunchow Creek. From the Gold Coast Mr. Alexander writes : 
“This bird frequents the wooded banks of the rivers and 
streams, and is generally observed in small flocks of five or 
six.” It is apparently equally distributed in Togoland and 
along the Niger River. In the latter district Forbes obtained 
it at Kabba, and Dr. Hartert at Saria and Loko in restless 
parties wandering through the thick bush; they were not 
shy until shot at, when they soon learned to take care of 
themselves. Their note consisted of a peculiarly harsh chirp- 
ing noise, and they frequently snapped their bills after the 
manner of owls. 
In the British Museum the following specimens have been 
examined :— 
Senegal (Riocour) ; Gambia (Rendal and Ward) ; Portuguese 
Guinea—Gunnal and Bolama (Ansorge); Sverra Leone— 
(Skinner); Gold Coast Colony—Gambaga (Northcott), River 
Volta (Alexander) ; Northern Nigeria—Illorin (Bryant), Rabba 
(Forbes). 
Prionops concinnata. 
Prionops concinnatus, Sundey. Oefy. Ak. Férh. Stockh. 1850, p. 130 
Roseires ; Neum. J. f. O. 1905, p. 218. 
Prionops poliocephalus (non Stanley), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iii. p. 321 (1877) ; 
Shelley, B. Afr. i. No. 664 (1896); Reichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 531 
(1903) ; iii. p. 833 (1905) ; Sharpe, Handl. B. iv. p. 273 (1903) ; Butler, 
Ibis, 1905, p. 327; 1908, p. 224, 1909, p. 80 Sudan; Koenig, Ber. V. 
Intern. Orn. Kongr. 1910, p. 511 Mechra-el-Zeraf. 
