DRYMOICA CHERINA.— Smith. 



AvEs.— Plate LXXVII. Fig. 2. (Female.) 



D. capite cerviceque profunde rubro-brunneis ; interscapuliis, alarum tectricibus minoribus, remigium 

 rectriciunique tectricibus brunneis, flavo brunneo-marginatis ; rectricibus profunde brunncis albo- 

 ternilnatis et apicibus albis postice fascia lata nigro-brunnca marginatis ; partibus inferioribus flavo- 

 albis ; rostro supeme aurantio-brunnoo ; inferne subflavo ; pedibus rubro-flavis. 



LoNGlTUDO ab apice rostri ad basin caudw 3 unc. 11 lin. ; caudee 1 unc. 7| lin. 



Colour. — The upper surface of the head and the back and the sides of the 

 neck deep reddish brown, the last named parts lightest ; the interscapulars, 

 the upper tail-coverts, the lesser wing-coverts, quill-coverts, and the tertiary 

 quill-feathers, umber-brown, the feathers edged and tipped with yellowish 

 brown. Back yellowish brown, each feather towards quill dull lavender- 

 purple. The primary and secondary quill-feathers light brownish red, lightest 

 at the points, the primaries, towards quills, and the secondaries throughout 

 narrowly margined externally with yellowish grey. Tail-feathers umber- 

 brown, the two centre feathers tipped narrowly, the others broadly, with white ; 

 and each, with the exception of the two centre ones, crossed by an umber- 

 brown bar immediately behind the white tip. The chin, throat, centre of 

 breast, and belly yellowish white ; sides of breast and flanks tinted with 

 broccoli-brown. Bill, — the upper mandible orange-coloured brown, the lower 

 mandible light sienna-yellow. Tarsi, toes and claws light reddish yellow. 



Form, &c. — Figure slender ; tail very short and rounded ; bill long, nearly 

 straight, compressed anteriorly, and pointed at the tip, towards the base 

 triangular. Wings rounded and, when folded, reach over the first half of the 

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

 slightly shorter, the second a little shorter than the sixth, and the first not 

 quite half the length of the second. Tarsi short, moderately strong, dis- 

 tinctly scutellated anteriorly, entire posteriorly ; toes long and slender ; 

 claws delicate, considerably curved, and pointed. 



