DRYMOICA PECTORALIS. 



anteriorly, entire posteriorly ; claws moderately strong, compressed, curved, 

 and pointed, the claw of hinder toe longest. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Inches. 

 Length from the point of the bill to 



the tip of the tail 5 



of the bill to the angle of the 



mouth 



of the wings when folded ... 2 



of the tail 2 



Lines. 



Inches. 



Length of the tarsus 



of the outer toe 



of the middle toe 



of the inner toe 



of the hinder toe 



Lines. 



3 

 4 

 3 



21 



Female. — The colours generally the same as those of the male, only duller. 

 The young bird is without the pectoral bar. 



Inhabits dry situations abounding in brushwood, and was found principally at and around 

 Latakoo. It feeds upon insects, which it procures upon the shrubs and dwarf trees which it 

 frequents. 



