1. DBYMOICA. U1TP1CAPILLA.
2. DKYMOICA LEYAILLANTII .
(Ares_flate 73)
DRYMOICA RUFICAPILLA.
A ves.;—P late LXXIII. F ig . 1 . (M ale.)
D. capite cerviceque superne pallide castaneis; interscapuliis, dorso, caudaque brunneis flavo-brunneo
lavatis; remigibus pallide brunneo-rubris pallide flavo-brunneo--marginatis; gula, gutture, pectoris
, ventrisque medio pallide stramineis; capitis,, cervicis,, pectoris ventrisque lateribus pallide griseo-
brunneis; rostro flavo-brunneo; pedibus rubri-flavis; oculis rubri-aurantiis.
LonGtItudo e rostri apice ad basin caudse 2 unc. 6 lin.; caudee 1 unc. 13 lin.
Le Rotjsse Tete, Levaill. Ois. d'Afrique, pi. 124.?
C olour.,—Top of the head and upper parts of the neck pale chesnut-
brown, the latter lightest; interscapulars, back, and tail coverts pale broccoli
brown washed with yellowish brown ; tail the same colour, but brighter
and the feathers margined with light yellowish brown of a dull hue. Lesser
quill coverts light brownish red, broadly margined and tipped with pale
broccoli-brown. Primary and secondary quill coverts, and primary and
secondary quill feathers pale brownish red, margined more or less broadly
with pale yellowish brown, a few of the secondaries and the tertiary feathers
edged with pale chesnut-brown. Chin, throat, centre of breast and belly,
pale straw-yellow; sides of head, neck, breast, belly, and vent, pale greyish
brown. Bill yellowish brown, the upper mandible shaded with umber-
brown ; legs and toes pale buff-orange; claws a pale horn colour. Eyes
bright reddish orange.
F orm, &c.—Figure slender, tail rather short and slightly graduated. Bill
nearly straight, and rather slender, towards point compressed, towards base
triangular; wings rounded, and when folded reach over the first fourth
of the tail; the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh quill feathers nearly
equal and longest; the second considerably shorter, and the first narrow and
about half the length of the second; the tertiaries as long as the primary
quill feathers. Tarsi rather strong, anteriorly scutellated, posteriorly entire;