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158. Drymoica Ohiniana, Sm., z. s. Af., Pi. 79. 



Top of head, back, and upper parts of neck, cinnamon- 

 coloured ; feathers narrowly edged and tipped with light 

 yellowish-brown ; feathers of the back, brownish-red, edged 

 and tipped with wood-brown ; rump pale-brown ; wing- 

 feathers brownish-red, edged with lightish-brown ; tail 

 rather long, and moderately graduated, two middle- feathers 

 yellowish-brown ; the other feathers light brownish- red, 

 tips dull wood-brown, and behind them a broad bar of 

 umber*brown ; chin and centre of belly white, the rest 

 ochreous. Length, 5" 9'" ; wing, 2" 9'" ; tail, 2" 10|"'. 



" Only one specimen of this species was obtained, and that wa3 

 killed while perched upon some brushwood growing near the edge 

 of a small stream to the northward of Kurrichaia. In its habits it 

 resembles the species already described ; and at the time it was shot 

 it was moving quickly about among the branches, apparently in quest 

 of its food, which was found to consist of insects." — Dr. A. Smith, 

 loc. cit. 



159. Drymoica Terrestris, Sm., z. s. Af, pi. 



74, f. 2. 



Top of head and interscapulars, umber-brown, variegated 

 with yellowish-brown ; back of neck, back, and shoulders, 

 clear yellowish-brown, with umber-brown streaks ; rump 

 umber-brown ; chin and throat whitish ; breast, belly, and 

 vent, sienna-yellow ; tail moderately long, and slightly 

 graduated ; two middle-feathers broccoli-browas, broadly 

 margined and tipped with wood-brown ; the other feathers 

 brownish-red, broadly tipped with white, with a large 

 umber-brown blotch just before the white, seen, as in all the 

 species, most plainly on the under side ; irids light-brown. 

 Length, 4" 3'"; wing, 1" 11"'; tail, 1" 11'". 



Dr. Smith (loc. cit.) first discovered this species upon the grassy 



Slains lying between Latakoo and Kurrichain, feeding on the ground, 

 t does not seem to affect bushes, dwelling only amongst the long 

 grass. 



Mr. Atmore found this species at Traka. He forwarded a couple 

 of eggs, which are of a light verditer, unevenly blotched and spotted 

 with dark and light dry-blood-coloured spots, and streaked at the 

 obtuse end with delicate wavy brown lines : axis, T" ; diam., 5'". 



160. Drymoica Subruficapilla, Smith, Zooi. 



S. A., PL 76, f. 2. 

 Top of head, back, and sides of neck, light chesnut-brown, 

 striped with umber-brown ; lower parts of back and sides of 

 neck, interscapulars, and back, umber-brown, variegated with 



