DRYMOICA TERRESTRIS.— Smith. 



AvES.— Plate LXXIV. Fig. 2. (Male.) 



D. capito supra intcrscapuliisquc scirdide hrunncis, flavo-brunnoo marginatis; corvieo suporno ilorsnquo 

 j)allidc flavo-bniniieis parcc sordide bninneo-iiiacul.atis ; roiiiigibus grisoo-bniiiiuis, iiiarniiiibus jialli- 

 dioribiis; gula gutturccme fiavo-albis ; ptTtnrc Vfiitrf(jue subflavis ; rettricibus albo-teniiinatis ; 

 rostro pcdibiisquc pallida rubii-flavis. 



LoNGiTUDo e rostri apicc ad basin caiidsc 2 iinc. ?,', liii. cauda- 1 uiic. .'( bii. 



Colour. — Top of the head and iiitcisca])ulais uinbcr-brown, variegated 

 with yellowish brown, from all the feathers being edged and tipped with the 

 latter colour ; the back of the neck, the back and the shoulders clear 

 yellowish brown dashed with longitudinal umber-brown streaks, one streak 

 along the middle of each feather — the variegations few and indistinct on the 

 back. Tail coverts umber-brown, margined and tipped with yellowish Inown. 

 The sides of the head and neck jjalc yellowish brown, the latter behind 

 fading into white. Primary and secondary (juill cov(;rts umber-brown along 

 their centre, wood-brown at edges and tips. Primary and secondaiy quill 

 feathers broccoli-brown, narrowly margined externally with dull wood-brown ; 

 tertiary quill feathers umber-brown, broadly margined and tipped with 

 yellowish brown. Chin and throat yellowish white ; breast, belly, vent, and 

 feathers of legs sienna-yellow, the tint of the flanks darkest. The two middle 

 tail feathers broccoli-brown, broadly margined and tipped with wood-brown, 

 the rest of the feathers brownish red, faintly edged externally with wood- 

 brown and broadly tipped with white ; immediately behind the white tip 

 there is a large blotch of umber-brown seen most distinctly on viewing the 

 under surface of the feathers. Bill, legs, and toes pale bufl'-orange, the 

 upper mandible deepened from a shade of brown ; claws yellowish brown, 

 darkest at the points. Eyes reddish brown. 



Form, &c.^ — Figure slender, bill moderately strong, triangular at base, 

 compressed towards point, slightly curved, the curvature of the culmeri 

 considerable towards the point of the bill ; nostrils small, situated in a 

 depression towards base, and edged above with membrane. Wings rounded, 

 and when folded reach a little beyond the base of the tail ; the third, fourth, 



