DRYMOICA CHINIANA.— Smith. 



AvES.— Plate LXXIX. (Male.) 



D. capite cerviceque supern^ cinnamomeis, plumis flavo-brunneo-marginatis ; dorso brunneo-rubri, plutnia 

 pallide griseo-brunneo-marginatis ; rectricibus, brunneo-rubris apicibiis griseo bruniieis et pone fusco- 

 fasciatis; gula et ventre albis; pectoris ventrisque lateribiis griseo-bruneo flavo-tinctis ; gutture 

 pectoreqiie ochraceo-albis ; rostro superne flavo-brunneo infra subflavo; pedibus rubro-flavis. 



LoNGiTUDo e rostri apice ad basin caudte 2 una. 10^ lin ; caudae 2 unc. lOj lin. 



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

 the sides of neck, intermediate between yellowish brown and hyacinth-red 

 (a bright cinnamon-brown), the feathers narrowly edged and tipped with light 

 yellowish brown. The interscapulars, the lesser wing coverts, and the 

 feathers of the back brownish red, each edged and tipped with wood-brown. 

 Rump and upper tail coverts pale broccoli-brown, the feathers narrowly 

 edged and tipped with light wood-brown. The primary and secondarj' quill 

 coverts umber-brown, the former narrowly edged, externally, and the latter 

 broadly edged and tipped with wood-brown. The primary and secondary 

 quill feathers brownish red, the outer vanes of the primaries, towards quills, 

 broadly edged with yellowish brown, towards the tips narrowly with wood- 

 brown, the tips the same colour ; secondarj' quill feathers edged externally 

 with a brighter tint of yellowish brown, and towards and at tips wood-brown ; 

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

 brown, passing, close to margins, into wood-brown ; the inner vanes of all 

 the quill feathers towards base sienna-yellow. Tail, — the two middle 

 feathers yellowish brown, lightest at the edges, the other feathers light 

 brownish red, brightened towards edges with yellowish brown, the tips dull 

 wood-brown, and behind them a broad bar of umber-brown. Chin and 

 centre of belly w hite ; throat and centre of breast pale ochrey-white ; the 

 side of the neck and breast, the flanks, and the under tail-coverts pale hair- 

 brown tinged with sienna-yellow. Bill, — upper mandible yellowish brown, 

 shaded at base and near the tip with dull chesnut-brown ; lower mandible 



