DRYMOICA PALLIDA.— Smith. 



AvES.— Plate LXXIL Fig. -2. 



D. supra pallide griseo-bninnca, flavo-bmnneo lavata ; giila, gutturc, pectoreque sordide albis ; abdomine 

 subflavo ; remigibus sordide griseo-brunneis, extorne flavo-brunneo niarginatis ; rostro colore corueo ; 

 pedibus flavis ; oculis 



LoNGiTUDo e rostri apiee ad basin caudse 2 unc. 7 lin. ; caiidse 3 unc. 4 lin. 



Colour.- — LTpper parts pale broccoli-brown, lightly washed M'ith yellowish 

 brown, the head and upper parts of the neck lightest, the tail darkest; ear coverts 

 rusty white; chin, throat, and breast white, faintly tinged with wood-brown ; 

 belly and vent pale sienna-yellow. Bill a dark horn colour. Legs and toes 

 a clear buff-orange. 



Form, &c. — Figure slender ; the tail long and much graduated. Bill 

 moderately strong, nearly straight, and compressed towards the point ; culraen 

 near the tip considerably arched. Wings rounded, and when folded reach 

 about an inch beyond the base of the tail ; the third, fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth quill feathers nearly equal and longest ; the seventh rather shorter ; the 

 second and eighth nearly of equal length and rather shorter than the seventh; 

 the first about half the length of the longest quill feather ; — all the feathers 

 silky and slightly decomposed. Tarsi moderately strong, anteriorly scutel- 

 lated, posteriorly entire ; toes rather short and strong, the outer one united to 

 the middle one near the base ; claws slender, curved, and pointed, the one 

 arming the hinder toe longest and most cui-ved. 



