DRYMOICA OCULARIUS. 



claws delicate, pointed, and considerably curved, the claw of hinder toe 



strongest. 



DIMENSIONS 



Inches. Lines. 



Length from the point of the bill to 



the tip of the tail 5 



of tlie bill to tlie angle of the 



mouth 



of the wings when folded . . 2 



of the tail 2 





 10 



Inches. Lines. 



Length of the tarsus 1 



of the outer toe 3 



of the middle toe 5\ 



of the inner toe 3 



of the hinder toe 2 A 



Female. — The colours generally not so deep as those of the male, and the 

 white of the breast and belly is more pure ; in other respects the sexes 

 are like in general appearance. 



This bird has rather an extensive range in South Africa, being found, though sparingly, 

 among brushwood in the northern districts of the Cape Colony, and between those districts 

 and the tropic of Capricorn. It feeds upon insects, and, in quest of them, it is to be seen 

 flitting from branch to branch in the most arid and barren situations. 



