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SUB-FAMILY I. 

 FuRXARix.E. The Oven-birds. 



Gex. Charac— Toes rather long, the lateral ones unequal, the outer ones 

 rather the longest, and slightly united at its base, the inner toe free at its 

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Fig 45.— the black-tailed enicoenis. 

 {Unicorn is melan u ra , ) 



Tliese small birds are found in tlie warmer parts 

 of South America, especially in buslies, on the banks 

 of tlie rivers, or near the dwellings of man, or even 

 in open places. They are always seen in pairs, are 

 very active, and capable of running and walking 

 with great rapidity. Their flight is only from bush 

 to bush, which they minutely examine for insects, 

 chiefly those of the coleopterous kind, although 

 they occasionally feed on seeds. 



The male utters a series of loud shrill notes, of 

 a very peculiar character. Their singular nest, from 

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