DRYMOICA CHERINA. 



Inches. 

 Length from the point of the bill 



to the tip of the tail .... 3 

 of the bill to the angle of the 



mouth 



of the wings when folded . . 1 



of the tail 1 



Male. — Not known. 



This species occurs within the limits of the Cape Colony ; but is a rare bird as compared 

 with D. textrix. Like the latter, it inhabits situations covered with strong grass, and seeks its 

 food, which consists of small insects, either on the ground or upon the grass itself, along the 

 stalks of which it runs with great facility. It also perches upon small shrubs. The absence 

 of anything like brown spots on the breast forms at once a character by which it is distin- 

 guishable from D. textrix, and the colour of the upper parts, added to the greater size of the 

 bill and feet, constitute diagnostic characters by which it is to be recognized from D. terrestris. 



