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tawny, but in worn specimens these margins, while much reduced, are 

 always whitish, indicating a certain degree of bleaching or fading as 

 well as abrasion. 



BRADORNIS MICRORHYNCHUS PUMILUS Sharpe 



Bradyornis piiniilm Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1895, p. 480: Hargeisa, 

 Somaliland. 



Specimens collextted : 



4 males, 6 females. Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 1-19, 1911. 

 1 female, Hawasli River, Ethiopia, February 12, 1912. 



All these specimens are in worn plumage. The four males have 

 the following dimensions: Wing, 78-83 (average 81); tail, 61-65 

 (63); culmen, 12-13 (12.5); tarsus, 20-21 (20.3 mm). The seven 

 females: Wing, 75-80 (79.2); tail, 59.5-65 (63); culmen, 11-13 

 (12.1) ; tarsus, 19-20.5 (19.9 mm). 



As pointed out by Zedlitz ^^ Witherby's record of '•''Bradyornis 

 pumilufP'' from Galkayu ^^ probably refers to B. m. erlangeri, although 

 the bird from Eil Dab may well be true pumilus. 



This race appears to be rather uncommon, or, at least, decidedly 

 local in the northern part of its range as it was not met with by 

 Zedlitz, Jesse, Blanford, and other collectors who traveled in Eritrea 

 and northern Ethiopia. 



BRADORNIS PALLIDUS SUAHELICUS van Someren 



Bradornis murinus suahelicus van Someken, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 41, 



p. 104, 1921 ; Londiani, Kenya Colony. 

 Specimens collected : 



1 female. Tana River, Kenya Colony, August 19, 1912. 



1 female, Tana River, Kenya Colony, August 25, 1912. 



The two specimens collected have the following dimensions : Wing, 

 93; tail, 71; culmen, 14; tarsus, 20 mm. They are in fairly fresh 

 plumage. A series of Kenyan birds examined shows that the molt 

 comes in April and May, a fact that suggests that the breeding season 

 is probably in February and March and possibly earlier. 



This flycatcher, according to Granvik ^^ is quite common in the 

 scrub and bushy country, but does not live in densely wooded areas, 

 although found outside the edges of forests. 



One of these specimens is browner above than the other and is 

 difficult to identify positively. It may be a hybrid between murinvs 

 and pallidum. 



"Journ. fiir Orn., 1915, p. 42. 



«Ibis, 1905, p. 520. 



"Journ. fur Orn., 1923, Sonderheft, p. 120. 



