DRYMOICA SUBRUFICAPILLA. 
figured. Wings rounded, and when folded reach nearly to the commence- 
ment of the second third of the tail, the third, fourth, and fifth quill feathers 
equal and longest, the second and sixth a little shorter, the first about half 
the length of the longest. Tarsi rather robust, scutellated anteriorly, entire 
posteriorly ; toes rather long and slender ; claws rather delicate, slightly 
curved and pointed, the claw of hinder toe the strongest. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
the tip of the tail 5 4 
of the bill to the angle of the 
mouth 0 6J 
of the wings when folded . . 2 0 
of the tail 2 3 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the tarsus 0 9 
of the outer toe 0 3^ 
of the middle toe 0 4§ 
of the inner toe 0 3 
of the hinder toe 0 3 
Male. — Not known. 
This bird occurs in various districts of the Cape Colony, and is either found upon brushwood 
or among rushes or reeds. It feeds upon insects, and, like others of the genus, flits generally 
from branch to branch or from reed to reed in quest of its food. 
