DRYMOICA RUFICAPILLA. 



toes short and strong ; claws slender, curved, and pointed, the claw of the 

 hinder toe longest and strongest. 



Inches. 

 Length from the point of the bill to 



the tip of the tail 4 



of the bill to the angle of the 



mouth 



of the wings when folded ... 2 



of the tail 1 



DIMENSIONS 



Lines. 



H 

 H 

 11 



Inches. 



Length of the tarsus 



of the inner toe 



of the middle toe 



of the outer toe (I 



of the hinder toe 



Lines. 



101 



3 



H 



3 



93 



Female. — Head the same colour as the back ; in other respects the colours 

 of the two sexes are the same. 



This bird occurs in various situations in the interior of the Cape Colony, and is usually 

 found among brushwood or upon dwarf trees. It feeds upon small insects, and in quest of 

 those it is to be seen flitting from branch to branch with great rapidity. As compared with 

 many of the other species, it may be considered as rather a rare bird, and it rarely happens 

 that more than one or two specimens are procured in any given locality which it is known to 

 inhabit. 



