DRYMOICA PALLIDA.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate LXXII. Fig. 2. 
D. supra pallide griseo-brunnea, flavo-brunnco lavata ; gula, gutture, pectoreque sordide albis; abdomine 
subflavo ; remigibus sordide griseo-brunneis, externe flavo-brunneo marginatis ; rostro colore corneo ; 
pedibus flavis ; oculis 
Longitudo e rostri apiee ad basin caudse 2 unc. 7 lin. ; caudae 3 unc. 4 lin. 
Colour. — Upper parts pale broccoli-brown, lightly washed with yellowish 
brown, the head and upper parts of the neck lightest, the tail darkest; ear coverts 
rusty white ; chin, throat, and breast white, faintly tinged with wood-brown ; 
belly and vent pale sienna-yellow. Bill a dark horn colour. Legs and toes 
a clear buff-orange. 
Form, &c. — Figure slender ; the tail long and much graduated. Bill 
moderately strong, nearly straight, and compressed towards the point ; culmen 
near the tip considerably arched. Wings rounded, and when folded reach 
about an inch beyond the base of the tail ; the third, fourth, fifth, and 
sixth quill feathers nearly equal and longest ; the seventh rather shorter ; the 
second and eighth nearly of equal length and rather shorter than the seventh; 
the first about half the length of the longest quill feather all the feathers 
silky and slightly decomposed. Tarsi moderately strong, anteriorly scutel- 
lated, posteriorly entire ; toes rather short and strong, the outer one united to 
the middle one near the base ; claws slender, curved, and pointed, the one 
arming the hinder toe longest and most curved. 
