DRYMOICA OCULARIUS.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate LXXY. Fig. 1. (Male.) 
D. superne brunnea, flavo-brunneo-variegatas ; capitis lateribus badiis ; partibus inferioribus albis, 
pectore fascia angusta nigro-brimnea, notato ; rostro castaneo, brunneo-umbrato ; oculis rubro- 
aurantiis ; pedibus rubro-flavis. 
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudas 2 unc. 5 lin . ; caudce 2 nnc. 10 lin. 
Colour. — The top of the head, the back and sides of the neck, the inter- 
scapulars, back, and lesser wing-coverts umber-brown striped with yellowish 
brown, the latter being the colour of the edges and tip of each feather. Tail 
feathers, excepting the two middle ones, umber-brown, the outer vane of the 
two outermost of each side and the margin of the outer vane of the third 
yellowish brown ; the two middle feathers broccoli-brown, tinted with 
yellowish brown. The sides of the head and ear-coverts intermediate be- 
tween reddish orange and hyacinth-red ; the chin and throat white ; breast, 
anteriorly, crossed by a narrow liver-brown bar, posteriorly dirty white tinted 
with broccoli-brown, which is also the colour of the belly, thighs, and vent, 
the tinting colour most distinct on the sides of the breast, flanks, and thighs. 
Primary and secondary quill feathers light brownish red and margined, 
externally, toward quills with wood-brown ; tertiary quill feathers umber- 
brown, edged and tipped with wood-brown. Bill deep chesnut-brown, 
shaded with umber-brown. Eyes pale reddish orange. Feet pale reddish 
yellow ; claws a light horn-colour. 
Form, &c.— Figure slender ; tail long and much graduated. Bill slender, 
pointed, slightly curved, and rather broad at its base ; wings rounded 
and when folded reach as far as the commencement of the second fourth of 
the tail, the third, fourth, and fifth quill feathers equal and longest, the sixth 
and seventh slightly shorter, the second and eighth nearly equal, and a little 
shorter than the seventh, the first rather more than half the length of the third. 
Tarsi rather robust, scutellated anteriorly, entire posteriorly ; toes slender ; 
