DRYMOICA CHERINA.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate LXXYII. Fig. 2. (Female.) 
D. capite cerviceque profundi rubro-bruimeis ; interscapuliis, alarum tectricibus minoribus, remigium 
rectriciumque tectricibus brunneis, flavo bruimeo-marginatis ; rcctricibus profunde brunneis albo- 
terminatis et apicibus albis postice fascia lata nigro-brunnea marginatis ; partibus inferioribus flavo- 
albis ; rostro superne aurantio-brunneo ; infernc subflavo ; pedibus rubro-flavis. 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad basin caudse 3 unc. 11 bn. ; caudee 1 unc. lin. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head and the back and the sides of the 
neck deep reddish brown, the last named parts lightest ; the interscapulars, 
the upper tail-coverts, the lesser wing-coverts, quill-coverts, and the tertiary 
quill- feathers, umber-brown, the feathers edged and tipped with yellowish 
brown. Back yellowish brown, each feather towards quill dull lavender- 
purple. The primary and secondary quill-feathers light brownish red, lightest 
at the points, the primaries, towards quills, and the secondaries throughout 
narrowly margined externally with yellowish grey. Tail-feathers umber- 
brown, the two centre feathers tipped narrowly, the others broadly, with white ; 
and each, with the exception of the two centre ones, crossed by an umber- 
brown bar immediately behind the white tip. The chin, throat, centre of 
breast, and belly yellowish white ; sides of breast and flanks tinted with 
broccoli-brown. Bill,- — the upper mandible orange-coloured brown, the lower 
mandible light sienna-yellow. Tarsi, toes and claws light reddish yellow. 
Form, &c. — Figure slender ; tail very short and rounded ; bill long, nearly 
straight, compressed anteriorly, and pointed at the tip, towards the base 
triangular. Wings rounded and, when folded, reach over the first half of the 
tail, the third, fourth, and fifth quill-feathers equal and longest, the sixth 
slightly shorter, the second a little shorter than the sixth, and the first not 
quite half the length of the second. Tarsi short, moderately strong, dis- 
tinctly scutellated anteriorly, entire posteriorly; toes long and slender; 
claws delicate, considerably curved, and pointed. 
