FURNARINiE. 



Lochmias Swains.* 



Bill nearly as long as the head, slender, the sides compressed, with the tip slightly curved and entire ; 

 the gonys long, straight, and slightly curved at the tip ; the nostrils lateral, basal, placed in a small 

 groove, and the opening covered by a membrane, and linear. Wings short and rounded, with the first 

 two quills graduated, and the third and fourth nearly as long as the fifth, which is the longest. Tail 

 short, soft, and rounded, with the shafts forming slender points beyond the webs. Tarsi longer than 

 the middle toe, and with broad scales in front. Toes long and slender, with the outer toe longer than 

 the inner, and united at its base ; the hind toe nearly as long as the middle toe ; the claws moderate, 

 curved, and acute. 



The type of this genus is an inhabitant of the Brazils. 



L. St. Hilarii (Less.) — Lochmias squamulata Swains. Birds of Braz. pi. 38. 

 ENICOKNIS.f 



Bill as long as, or longer than, the head, straight, with the culrnen at the tip slightly curved and 

 entire; the nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a nasal groove, with the opening linear. Wings short, 

 with the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills the longest, and the secondaries as long as the primaries. Tail 

 moderate, and rounded on the sides. Tarsi short, and covered with broad scales. Toes rather short, with 

 the lateral toes unequal ; the hind toe shorter than the middle toe ; the claws moderate and curved. 



It is on the barren Cordillera, on the coast of Patagonia, and other parts of South America, that these birds are 

 found. They live entirely on the ground, and generally, says Mr. Darwin, in dry sterile situations, where they haunt 

 the scattered thickets, often flying from one to another. When searching about the bushes, they carry their tails erect ; 

 and they feed on coleopterous and other kinds of insects. 



1. E. phamicura (Gould), Voy. of Beagle, Birds, p. 69. pi. 21. | 2. E. melanura G. R. Gray. 



Limnornis Gould.X 



Bill as long as, or longer than, the head, much compressed on the sides, with the culrnen slightly curved 

 to the tip, which is entire ; the nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a nasal groove, with the opening covered 

 by a membrane, and linear. Wings very short and rounded, with the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills nearly 

 equal and longest. Tail short and graduated, the end of each feather obliquely pointed, and the shaft 

 prolonged beyond the web. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, and strongly scaled. Toes long and slender, 

 with the lateral ones unequal, the outer the longest, and slightly united at its base ; the hind toe rather 

 shorter than the middle toe ; the claws short, strong, and slightly curved. 



* Established by Mr. Swainson in 1827 '{Zoological Journal, iii. p. 355.). Picerthia of M. Isidore GeofFroy (1832) is synonymous, 

 •f This genus was established in 1839 by Mr. Gould, under the name of Eremobius; but, as this word had been previously employed, it 

 was changed by me to the above appellation. , 



X Established by Mr. Gould in 1839 (Voyage of the Beagle, Birds, p. SO.). 



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