anteriorly, entire posteriorly; claws moderately strong, compressed, curved,
and pointed, the claw of hinder toe longest.
DIMENSIONS.
Inches. Lines. Inches. Lines.
Length from the point of the bill to Length of the tarsus.............. ......... 0 n j
the tip of the tail ........... 5 0 of the outer to e .......... ....... 0 3
of the bill to the angle of the of the middle toe . *. ........ 0 |
mouth ............................ 0 6 of the inner to e .......... ...... 0 3
of the wings when folded ...
of the tail ............................
2 1
2 T
of the hinder toe.V....... . .. .. . 0 2i
F emale.—The colours generally the same as those of the male, only duller.
The young bird is without the pectoral bar.
Inhabits dry-situations abounding in brushwood, and was found principally at and around
Latakoo. It feeds upon insects, which it procures upon the shrubs and dwarf trees which it
frequents.