DRYMOICA OCULARIUS.— Smith. 



AvES.— Plate LXXV. Fig. 1. (Male.) 



D. superne brunnea, flavo-brunneo-variegatas ; capitis lateribus badiis ; partibus inferioribus albis, 

 pectore fascia angusta nigro-brunnea notato ; rostro castanco, brunneo-umbrato ; oculis rubro- 

 aurantiis ; pedibus rubro-flayis. 



LoNGiTHDO e rostri apice ad basin caudif 2 unc. 5 lin. ; caudse 2 unc. 10 liu. 



Colour. — The top of the head, the back and sides of the neck, the inter- 

 scapulars, back, and lesser wing-coverts umber-brown striped with yellowish 

 brown, the latter being the colour of the edges and tip of each feather. Tail 

 feathers, excepting the two middle ones, umber-brown, the outer vane of the 

 two outermost of each side and the margin of the outer vane of the third 

 yellowish brown ; the two middle feathers broccoli-brown, tinted with 

 yellowish brown. The sides of the head and ear-coverts intermediate be- 

 tween reddish orange and hyacinth-red ; the chin and throat white ; breast, 

 anteriorly, crossed by a narrow liver-brown bar, posteriorly dirty white tinted 

 with broccoli-brown, which is also the colour of the belly, thighs, and vent, 

 the tinting colour most distinct on the sides of the breast, flanks, and thighs. 

 Primary and secondary quill feathers light brownish red and margined, 

 externally, toward quills with wood-brown ; tertiary quill feathers umber- 

 brown, edged and tipped with wood-brown. Bill deep chesnut-brown, 

 shaded with umber-brown. Eyes pale reddish orange. Feet pale reddish 

 yellow ; claws a light horn-colour. 



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

 pointed, slightly curved, and rather broad at its base ; wings rounded 

 and when folded reach as far as the commencement of the second fourth of 

 the tail, the third, fourth, and fifth quill feathers equal and longest, the sixth 

 and seventh slightly shorter, the second and eighth nearly equal, and a little 

 shorter than the seventh, the first rather more than half the length of the third. 

 Tarsi rather robust, scutellated anteriorly, entire posteriorly ; toes slender ; 



