— 123 — 



Muscicapa striata striata (Pall.). — Rchw. II, p. 449. 



Muscicapa grisola L. — Muscicapa ficedula (L.). — Muscicapa striata (Pall.) 

 1 (5 ad. 17. 4. Kiambu. 



I saw this race very often in the forests and almost every- 

 where in the environs of Nairobi. They were generally seen in 

 large or small flocks, which were probably on their return to 

 Europe. 



Alseonax infulatus (Hartl.). — Rchw. II. p. 457. 



Njanjoodhi . . . ki kavirondo. — Mutawe . . . ki-kamba. 



2 c5c5 ad. 18. 8., 19. 8. Kismu. - 1 ^ ad. 21. 8. Kendu. - 1 ^ juv. 19. 6. 



Mount Elgon, 6.500 ft. 



This species was common in the thick bush and arboreal 

 vegetation round the Kavirondo Gulf, Victoria Nyanza. It was 

 found right down on the shores and appeared, as a rule, in 

 pairs. 



All the specimens are in rather abraded plumage. The 

 young bird resembles very much the young of Bradornis palli- 

 dus murinus, but is considerably smaller. The wing -coverts, 

 however, are not so beautifully rust -coloured as the latter but 

 are paler, but in other respects they agree rather well with each 

 other. 



wing, 64.5 — 67 mm. tarsus, 15 mm. 



Irides dark-brown ; bill and legs black. 



Alseonax minimus murinus Fschr. & Rchw. — Rchw. II. p. 458. 



8 (5(5 ad. 18. 5., 4. 7.; 4 QQ ad. 18. 5, 26. 5.; Mount Elgon, 7.000 ft. - 

 1 Q ad. 8. 5. Londiani, 5.500 ft. — 1 Q juv. 26. 5. Mount Elgon. 



On the eastern slopes of Elgon this little Fly-catcher was 

 one of the commonest birds. It usually frequented the depths 

 of the forests and was nearly always seen in the highest tops 

 of the trees, flying about with swift and lively movements. 



Judging from the series of 14 birds which we brought 

 home from Elgon, it seems as if the females, as a rule, are 

 greyer on the breast and belly than the males, which are all 

 more brownish yellow. The young bird has a brownish black 

 head and all the feathers are tipped with yellowish white, the 

 back and wing -coverts are dark -brown with close brownish 

 white, spots, the individual feathers are grey with yellowish-brown 

 extremities and black -edges all round, the upper tail -coverts 

 dark rusty -brown with dark transverse bands, the lower parts 

 yellowish brown with dark longitudinal streaks. 



The measurements are: 



wing, tarsus, 



cTcf 60—64 mm (one 60, one 61, one 62, three 63, two 64). 14 mm. 



99 60—65 mm (one 60, one 62, one 63, two 65). 14 mm. 



