MAY, 1909. BIRDS FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA DEARBORN. 167 



119. lynx pectoralis (Vig.). 



Yunx pectoralis Vigors, Proceedings of Zoological Society, London, 

 1831, p. 93. South Africa. 



cT, Nov., Nairobi. 



d\ Jan., Kijabe. 



See SHARPE, Ibis, 1902, p. 643,- variations; ERLANGER, Journal 

 fiir Ornithologie, 1905, subspecific characters. 



Family Hirimdinidse. 



120. Hirundo emini Reichenow. 



Journal fur Ornithologie, 1892, pp. 30, 31. Victoria Nyanza, 

 Equatorial Africa. 



<?, 9, 9, Nov., Nairobi. 



121. Psalidoprocne holomelas massaica (Neum.). 



Psalidoprocne holomel&na massaica Neumann, Ornithologische 

 Monatsberichte, 1904, p. 144. Kikuyu country, British East Africa. 



? , Jan., Kijabe. 



The wing measurement of this specimen is 98 mm., tail 75 mm. 



"Seen only at Kijabe. Nests under bridges." 



See OBERHOLSER, Proceedings National Museum, Washington, 

 1905, p. 932, characters. 



Family Muscicapidse. 



122. Alseonax murinus Fischer & Reichenow. 



Journal fur Ornithologie, 1884, p. 54. Mt. Maeru, Masailand, 

 East Africa. 



d\ Jan., Kijabe. 



See OBERHOLSER, Proceedings National Museum, Washington, 

 1905, p. 908, juvenile plumage; NEUMANN, Journal fiir Ornitholo- 

 gie, 1905, pp. 206-208, geographical variation and subspecies. 



123. Bradornis pallidus murinus (Finsch & Hartlaub). 

 Bradyornis murinus Finsch & Hartlaub, Vogel Ostafrikas, 1870, 



p. 866. Benguela. 

 cT, Jan., Kijabe. 



