1. D R YM 0 I C A A F F
2. DRYM O I CA C H E R I N A
(Ave s_Pla te 77J '.
A ves.B P late LXXYII. F ig . 1. ( F emale.)
D. capita cerviceque supeme griseo-brunneia : interscapuiiis dorsoque griseo-bruimeis, flavo bninneo-tinctis ;
partibus inferioribus flavo-albis ; abdominis lateribus tectricibusque caudre inferioribus ochraceis;
remigibus rubro-brunneis csteme flavo brunneo-marginatia ; lectricibus pallide rabro-brunneis albo-
terminatis et versus apicem nigro-brunneo-fasciatis; rostro brunneo versus basin mandibulee flavo-
brunneo; pedibus rubro-flavis.
Longitcdo ab apice rostri ad basin candm 4 unc. 7^ lin; caudee 2 unc. 6 lin.
C olour.—The upper surface of the head and the back and sides of the
neck broccoli-brown, faintly tinged with yellowish brown, and some of
the feathers of the former indistinctly streaked with pale umber-brown ; interscapulars
and back intermediate between broccoli and yellowish brown, and
slightly glossed with oil-green: rump and upper tail coverts pale yellowish
brown. Chin, throat, centre of breast and belly yellowish white ; the sides
of the breast the same colour as the head ; the flanks, vent, under tail coverts
and thighs rusty sienna-yellow. Lesser wing-coverts, primary and secondary
quill-coverts, and the primary, secondary and tertiary quill-feathers brownish
red, the lesser wing-coverts and quill-coverts edged and tipped with pale
yellowish brown, and the quill-feathers margined externally with light yellowish
brown. Tail feathers a light dull reddish brown, edged with yellowish
brown, and tipped with white, each feather behind the light tip with a broad
transverse brownish-red bar. Bill umber-brown, the base of lower mandible
wood-brown. Tarsi and toes reddish-yellow; claws the same colour, tinted
towards the points with brown.
F orm, &c.—Figure slender, tail elongated and much graduated. Bill
rather weak, short, nearly straight and pointed, the culmen towards apex of
mandible slightly arched. Wings rounded, and when folded reach to the
commencement of the second-third of the tail, fourth, fifth, and sixth quill-
feathers equal and longest, third and seventh slightly shorter, second and
ninth equal and considerably shorter than third, first rather more than half
the length of the second ; secondary and tertiary quill-feathers considerably
shorter than the longest primaries. Tarsi and toes rather slender, the tarsi
anteriorly faintly scutellated, posteriorly entire; claws weak, short, moderately
curved, and pointed.