DRYMOICA OCULARIUS. 
claws delicate, pointed, and considerably curved, the claw of hinder toe 
strongest. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
Length of the tarsus 
the tip of the tail 
5 
3 
of the outer toe 
0 3 
of the bill to the angle of the 
of the middle toe ... . 
0 5 \ 
mouth 
0 
of the wings when folded . . 
2 
0 
of the hinder toe .... 
0 21 
of the tail 
2 
10 
Female.— The colours generally not so deep as those of the male, and the 
white of the breast and belly is more pure ; in other respects the sexes 
are like in general appearance. 
This bird has rather an extensive range in South Africa, being found, though sparingly, 
among brushwood in the northern districts of the Cape Colony, and between those districts 
and the tropic of Capricorn. It feeds upon insects, and, in quest of them, it is to be seen 
flitting from branch to branch in the most arid and barren situations. 
