80 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



Anumbius ruber. D'Orh. and Lafr. 



Anumbius ruber. D'Orh. Sf Laf. Mag de Zool, 1838, p. 18. 

 Furnarius ruber. Vieill. Ency. Mcth. 514. 

 Anunibi rouge. Azara, No. 220. 



Frequents reeds on the borders of lakes near Maldonado. Habits very 

 similar to those of Synalluxis maluroides, and likewise of the two species of Lira- 

 nornis ; to one of which L.cutviroslris, it is most closely allied in structure. Iris 

 bright yellowish orange ; tarsi, with faint tinge of blue ; tongue divided on each 

 side a little below the extreme point. 



Genus— LIMNORNIS. Gould. 



Rostrum capitis lougitudine seu longitis,leviter a basi ad apicem arciiatum, lateraliter 

 compressum, hand emarginatum ; narihus magiiis basalibus linearibus apertis aut 

 partim opercido tectis : dX?ebrevissimcB rotunda, plumis qiiarta, quinta sextaqueferh 

 (equalibus et longissimis ; cauda rotnndata et graduata, scapis aliquanto ultra 

 I'adios productis ; tarsi mediocres, for titer scntellati ; halluce digito medio breviore, ro- 

 busto, ungue robusto armuto, digitis lateralibus fori (equalibus, intermediis aliquantd 

 brevioribus. 



1. LlMNORMS RECTIROSTRIS. Gould. 



Plate XXVL 



L. pallidejlavescentifusca ; cervice nigrescentifusco ; caudd rufa ; teclricihus prima- 

 riis secundar Usque fuse is rufo lath marginatis ; fascia pone oculos, guld abdomineqiie 

 flavescenti albis ; hypochondriis fulvis. 



Long. tot. G^ unc ; rost. -^, alw, 2^ cauclie, 2^ tarsi, ^. 



Crown of the head brown ; the remainder of the upper surface, pale yellowish 

 brown ; tail rufous and acutely pointed ; wing coverts, primaries and secon- 

 daries brown, broadly margined with rufous ; stripe behind the eye, throat, 

 and all the under surface buft'y white ; flanks tawny ; bill lengthened, orange 

 at the base, dark brown at the tip ; iris rusty red ; feet very pale coloured ; 

 claws whitish. 



Habitat, Maldonado, La Plata. (June.) 



This bird lives amongst the reeds on the borders of lakes. It often alights 

 vertically on stems of plants, but in climbing does not use its tail : habits, gene- 

 rally similar to those of Synallaxis maluroides. 



