DRYMOICA SUBCINNAMOMEA. Smith. 
Aves. — Plate CXI. Fig. 1. 
j) superne viridi-brunnea, fronte cinnamotnca tincta ; tectricibus caudas superioribus brunneo-xubris ; 
guttere nigro-brunneo, fasciolis albis variegato ; pectore ventreque antice cinnamomeis, pectoris plumis 
viridi-albo-marginatis ; ventre postice alaruinquc tectricibus inferioribus viridi-brunneis ; cauda nigro- 
brunnea ; capite parvo ; rostro gracili, compresso, fere recto. 
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudoe 3 unc. ; caudas 2 unc. 8 lin. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head and neck, the interscapulars, the 
hack, and the shoulders, a colour intermediate between oil-green and orange 
coloured brown, the forehead tinted with cinnamon-red. The primary and 
secondary quill coverts umber-brown ; the primary and secondary quill 
feathers light reddish brown with a tinge of green, the primary quill feathers 
towards their base edged narrowly with cinnamon-red. The secondaries 
throughout with a colour similar to that of the back; edges of shoulders 
variegated with cinnamon-red. The upper tail coverts a tint between tile- 
red and hyacinth-red ; the tail feathers deep brownish red, the outer vanes 
towards the quills edged with a colour like that of the tail coverts. Neck, 
interiorly liver-brown, variegated with narrow, white, transverse bars, the tip 
of each feather being of the latter colour ; the breast and the anterior part of 
belly cinnamon-red ; the feathers of the former towards the throat and those 
on each side of the chest, edged partially and tipped with dirty greenish 
white ; belly, vent, and under tail coverts, the colour ot the back. The 
upper mandible light brownish red, the lower sienna-yellow, shaded with 
umber-brown ; tarsi, toes, and claws, pale brownish red, shaded with brown. 
Form, &c. — Head small, body moderately robust, tail rather long, and 
slightly rounded, the feathers rather decomposed ; feathers of back of head, 
neck, and back, fine, soft, and decomposed. Wings very short, rounded, 
and when folded extend a little beyond the base of the tail, the first quill 
feather about half the length of the second, the latter slightly shorter than 
the third, which is a little shorter than the fourth, and fifth, the longest, — 
the sixth rather shorter and about the same length as the tertiaries. Bill 
triangular towards the base, towards the tip compressed, and the edge of 
