Drytnophila. 149 



Description. 



this diminutive bird does not exceed in size the Golden-crested 

 Wren. It is remarkable for its short tail; which, from being 

 more than half concealed by the long and lax plumage of the 

 back, appears still shorter. The ground colour both of the upper 

 and render plumage is pure cinereous or slate grey. From the 

 chin to the middle of the body runs a narrow stripe of black, 

 which widens on the breast : the shoulder covers are pure white, 

 and the greater and lesser wing covers deep black, tipt by white 

 spots. The tail is rounded, fasciculated, and only extends half 

 an inch beyond its covers; the feathers are black, tipt with white, 

 particularly the outer pair. The tarsi Bxe short, aiid only half ari 

 inch long ; like most of the American Thamnophili they are na-f 

 turally blueish black.* 



Total length, 3 \ inches ; bill, r^ ; wings, 2 ; tail, 1 ^ ; 

 tarsi, \. 



Found in the same place as the preceding. I have but one 

 specimen, and that is a male. 



DRYMOPHILA. 



(See Zool. Journal, Vol. I. p. 302.) 



Rostrum mediocre^ subci/lindraceum^ gonyde recta; vibrissce 



nullcB. 

 AlfB mediocresy rotundatfs^ remige quinta longissimd. 

 Cauda rotundata. 

 Tarsi elongatij subgracilesy squamis later alibus integris. 



There is reason to believe that a considerable number of birds 

 arranged by Dr. Latham among the Thrushes, will hereafter be 



* It will be observed that m these descriptions, I have paid little attention 

 to the colours either of the bill or the tarsi, as seen in the dried specimens. 

 From the changes these parts undergo after death, such characters can very 

 seldom be depended upon, I have seen the same organ, in two different speci- 

 mens, dry of different colours; and it will generally be found that the bill of a 

 young bird, is much lighter than that of an adult. 



