slightly curved towards the apex, the latter sharp pointed, the base somewhat
depressed, the culmen between nostrils carinated, anterior to nostrils
rounded; the edges of the upper mandible in front of the nostrils slightly
inclined inwards. Tarsi and toes rather robust, the former anteriorly scu-
tellated, posteriorly entire; claws short, much curved and pointed, the claw of
the posterior toe the largest.
DIMENSIONS.
Inches.
Length from the point of the bill to the Li” !-
Length of the tarsus .........
Inches.
.............. 0 10
base of the tail..................... 3 0 outer toe ...... .............. 0
of the tail................................. 2 0 middle toe ...... .............. 0 1
bill to the angle of mouth 0 9 - inner toe .......... .......... 0
wings when folded .......... 2 6 hinder toe.......... .............. 0
The colours of the male not known.
Inhabits districts covered thinly with small underwood, and in such places is found
moving about from bush to bush in search of its food, which it appears to take partly from the
tops of the bushes, and partly from the branches among which it rapidly passes. Only three
specimens were obtained during the progress of the expedition party, all of them females, and
were procured on the open flat plains to the north-east of Latakoo.