DRYMOICA ABERRANS.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate LXXVIII. (Female.) 
D. capite cerviceque superne pallide castaneis; dorso griseo-brunneo, flavo-brunneo tincto, et obscure 
brunneo strigata ; partibus inferioribus pallide viridi-flavis ; rectricibus ad apicem pallidis et fasciis 
brunneis obscure notatis ; superciliis pallide flavis ; rostro superne aurantio-brunneo, inferne pallide 
flavo ; pedibus pallide rubro-flavis. 
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caud;o 2 unc. 8 \ lin; caudce 3 unc. 2 lin. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head and the back of the neck pale 
chesnut-brown, deepened with hyacinth-red; the interscapulars and feathers 
of back intermediate between yellowish and broccoli-brown, each with an 
indistinct umber-brown shade in the course of the shaft ; the under parts a 
pale rusty olive-yellow, the throat and chin lightest; the sides of breast and 
the flanks tinged with hair-brown. Lesser wing-coverts dull umber-brown, 
edged with dull yellowish brown. The primary, secondary, and tertiary quill 
feathers light brownish red ; the primaries and secondaries edged towards 
quills with pale chesnut-brown ; the tertiaries edged and tipped with dull 
yellowish brown. Tail feathers coloured like the back, lightest at the points, 
and behind the light points a faint indication on each of a dark spot or bar ; 
the two middle ones edged externally and internally, the rest only externally 
with yellowish brown. Eyebrows pale sienna-yellow, not distinctly in- 
dicated. Bill ; — upper mandible light orange-coloured brown, shaded with 
deep reddish brown, lower mandible straw-yellow. Legs and toes pale red- 
dish yellow. 
p 0RM Figure rather robust ; tail lengthened and graduated. Bill rather 
strong and moderately acute, the upper mandible considerably curved to- 
wards the point ; the sides towards base expanded, towards point perpendi- 
cular. Wings rounded, and when folded reach rather beyond the first third 
of the tail ; the fourth and fifth feathers equal and longest, the third and sixth 
a little shorter, the second about half an inch shorter than the fourth, and the 
first as much shorter than the second ; the secondary and tertiary quill feathers 
a little shorter than the primaries. Tarsi strong, scutellated anteriorly, entire 
