DRYMOICA SUBRUFICAPILLA.— Smith. 



AvES.— Plate LXXVI. Fig. 2. (Female.) 



D. capite cerviceqiie supra castanels brunneo-striatis ; dorso pallide brunneo, subcinereo-variegato ; 

 partibus inferioribus flavo-cincreis, pectore leviter brunneo-notato ; rcctricibus versus apicem 

 brunneo-fasciatis ; rostro castaueo profunde brunneo-umbrato ; tarsis rubro-brunneis ; pedibus flavo- 

 brunneis. 



LoNGiTUDO e rostri apice ad basiu caudse 3 une. I lin ; caudse 2 unc. 3 liii. 



Colour. — The upper parts of the head and the back, and the sides of the 

 neck near to the head, hght chesnut-brown, striped with umber-brown along 

 the centre of each feather ; the lower parts of the back and the sides of the 

 neck, the interscapulars, the lesser wing-coverts, and the back umber-brown, 

 variegated with a colour intermediate between ash-grey and broccoli-brown, 

 each feather being so broadly edged and tipped with the latter as even to 

 constitute it the predominant colour. Tail dull reddish brown, all the 

 feathers tipped with wood-brown, the two centre ones very faintly, and all 

 the others have, each, a broad transverse umber-brown bar immediately be- 

 hind the light tip. The primary and secondary wing-coverts umber-brown, 

 margined externally, and tipped with pale wood-brown ; the primary, se- 

 condary, and tertiary quill feathers intermediate, between brownish red and 

 umber-brown, the tertiaries darkest, — the primary and secondary feathers 

 towards the quills narrowly margined with light chesnut-brown ; the 

 tertiaries are edged and tipped with wood-brown. Chin, throat, middle of 

 breast and belly pale yellowish grey, passing in some places into white, the 

 breast faintly freckled with pale brown ; sides of breast, flanks, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts pale hair-brown. Bill chesnut-brown, shaded with umber- 

 brown, the lower mandible, towards its base, yellowish brown. Tarsi pale 

 reddish brown, passing towards toes into yellowish brown ; claws yellowish 

 brown, tinted with light reddish brown. 



Form, &c. — Figure rather robust. Bill slender, slightly arched and pointed; 

 tail graduated, and in some specimens is much longer than in the one 



