308 Capt. B. Alexander on the 
localities where Indian corn grows. This bird is not found 
in the forest and enclosed country^ as is D. afer, and can 
easily be distinguished from that species when on the wing 
by the almost whitish brown inner webs of the primaries, 
which in the latter are brown, and also by the duller colora- 
tion of the upper parts. 
78. DiCRURUS ATRIPENNIS (Sw.). 
Dicrwus atripennis Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 232 ; Reichen. 
J. f. O. 1891, p. 386 (Togoland); Shelley, Ibis, 1901, 
p. 590. 
Fumsu and Krachi. 
In this species the crown, back, and upper tail-coverts are 
glossy greenish black. 
79. Prionops plumatus (Shaw) . 
PtHonops plumatus Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 320 (1877) ; 
Beichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 236, et 1897, p. 30 (Togoland) ; 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 418 (Gambaga). 
River Volta, Gold Coast Hinterland. 
This bird frequents the wooded banks of the rivers and 
streams, and is generally observed in small flocks of five 
or six. 
80. SiGMODUS CANICEPS Bp. 
Sigmodus caniceps Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 323 j Beichen. 
J. f. O. 1897, p. 301 (Togoland). 
Fumsu and Biver Volta. 
This bird frequents the forest in small parties. It is not 
found in the Hinterland. 
In an immature specimen the white bar is on the inner 
webs of all the quills. The bill is black, yellowish red at 
the base of the lower mandible. 
81. Campophaga phcenicea (Lath.). 
Campophaga phcenicea Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 59 ; Beichen. 
J. f. O. 1891, p. 384, et 1897, p. 30 (Togoland) ; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. vi. p. 419 (Gambaga). 
Gambaga, Yeji, and Krachi. 
