DRYMOICA PECTORALIS. 
anteriorly, entire posteriorly; claws moderately strong, compressed, curved, 
and pointed, the claw of hinder toe longest. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
the tip of the tail 5 0 
of the bill to the angle of the 
mouth 0 6 
of the wings when folded ... 2 I 
of the tail 2 7 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the tarsus 0 llj 
of the outer toe 0 3 
of the middle toe 0 4 
of the inner toe 0 3 
of the hinder toe 0 2^ 
Female. — The colours generally the same as those of the male, only duller. 
The young bird is without the pectoral bar. 
Inhabits dry situations abounding in brushwood, and was found principally at and around 
Latakoo. It feeds upon insects, which it procures upon the shrubs and dwarf trees which it 
frequents. 
