DRYMOICA ABERRANS.—S m ith .
A ves.— P late LXXYIII. (F emale.)
D . capite cerviceque supeme pallide castaneis; dorso griseo-bnmneo, flavo-brunneo tincto, et obscure
. brunneo strigata; partibus inferioribus pallide viridi-flavis; rectricibus ad apicem pallidis et fasciis
brunneis obscure n o tatis; superciliis pallide flavis; rostro supeme aurantio-brunneo, infeme pallide
flavo; pedibus pallide rubro-flavis.
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudee 2 unc. 8 £ lin ; caudse 3 unc. 2 lin.
C olour.—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 hack, lightest at the points,
and behind the light points a faint indication on each of a dark spot or b a r;
the two middle ones edged externally and internally, the rest only externally
with yellowish brown. Eyebrows pale sienna-yellow, not distinctly indicated.
Bill;—upper mandible light orange-coloured brown, shaded with
deep reddish brown, lower mandible straw-yellow. Legs and toes pale reddish
yellow.
F orm.— Figure rather robust; tail lengthened and graduated. Bill rather
strong and moderately acute, the upper mandible considerably curved towards
the point; the sides towards base expanded, towards point perpendicular.
Wings rounded, and when folded reach rather beyond the first third
of the ta il; 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