B8 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA, 



151. Drymoica Subcinnamomea, Smith, Zooi. 



S. A., Pi. 111. 

 Upper surface of head, neck, back, and shoulders, between 

 oil-green aed orange- brown ; forehead tinted cinnamon-red ; 

 wing-feathers, light reddish-brown, with a tinge of green ; 

 the primaries edged narrowly towards iheif base with cinna- 

 mon-red ; rump ruddy: tail rather long, and slightly rounded, 

 deep brownisli-red ; chin and neck inferiorly, liver-brown, 

 variegattd with narrow white transverse bars; breast and 

 fore part of belly cinnamon- red ; belly and vent coloured as 

 the back. Length, 5" 8'" ; wing, 1" li'" ; tail, 2" 8'". 



Dr. Smith only procured one specimen of this bird, Trhich was killed 

 on the top of one of the mountains of the Kaniiesl)erg, in Little 

 Namaquaiand. " For some time before it was shot, it was beheld 

 flitting from bush to bush, occasionally perching on their summits, nt 

 other times hopping rapidly to and fro .".mong their branches, as if 

 engaged in qupst of insects, which were found to constitute its food." 

 Dr. A. Smith, loc. cit. 



152. Drymoica Substriata, Smith, Zooi. s. A., 



PI. 7-2, I 1. 



Top of head, sides of neck, and shoulders, light broccoli- 

 browu ; back and upper parts of neck, interscapulars, back 

 and tail-covertSj uniform rustly yellovvi?h-brown ; sides of 

 head and ear- coverts pale wood-brown, the latter faiiitly 

 streaked with dull umber-brown ; eyebrows white, prolonged 

 behind the eyes ; chin, throat, centre of breast, and belly, 

 ochrey white, the breast variegated with several narrow 

 longitudinal umber-brown stripes ; flanks and vent light yel- 

 lowish-brown ; wing-feathers pale brownish red, faintly mar- 

 gined with wood-brown; tail long, graduated, of a rusty 

 broccoli -brown, the middle feathers darkest. Length, 5" 8'" ; 

 wing, 2" U'"; tail, 2" 19'"; tarsus. T"; bill, 6'". 



I)r. Smith met with but few of these birds, and those only on the 

 banks of the Olifant s Eiver, about one hundred miles north of Capo 

 Town. Usually found in thickets composed of high brushwood or 

 dwarf trees, in wliich it is seen rapidly fitting from branch to branch, 

 apparently in quest of insects, which constitute its food. 



Mr. Atmore procured this species, with its nest and eggs, at Traka ; 

 the latter are white, with the faintest tinge of green, marked with 

 large blotches of dark and light-brown : axis. 8'" ; diam., 5g'". 



153. Drymoica Aberrans, Smith, z. s. a., pi. 78. 



Top of head and back of neck, pale chesnut-brown, deepened 

 with red : interscapulara and back, yellowish-brown ; under 

 parts, pale rusty olive-yellow, the throat and chin lightest ; 



