80 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



Anumbius ruber. jyOrh. and Lqfr. 



Anumbius ruber. D'Orb. S? Laf. Mag de Zool, 1838, p. 18. 

 Fumarius ruber. Vieill. Ency. Meth. 514. 

 Anumbi rouge. Azara, No. 220. 



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

 similar to those of Synallaocis maluroides, and likewise of the two species of Lim- 

 nornis ; to one of which L. curvirostris, 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 longitudine seu longius, leviter a basi ad apicem arcuatum, lateraliter 

 compressum, haud emarginatum ; naribus magnis basalibus linearibus apertis aut 

 partim operculo tectis : a\se brevissimce rotundce, plumis quarta, quinta sextaquefere 

 aequalibus et longissimis ; cauda rotundata et graduata, scapis aliquanto ultra 

 radios productis ; tarsi mediocres, for titer scutellati ; halluce digito medio breviore, ro- 

 busto, ungue robusto armato, digitis lateralibus fere cequalibus, intermediis aliquanto 

 brevioribus. 



1. LlMNORNIS RECTIROSTRIS. Gould. 

 Plate XXVI. 



L. pallideflavescentifusca ; cervice nigrescentifusco ; cauda rufa ; tectricibus prima- 

 riis secundariisque fuscis rufo late marginatis ; fascia pone oculos, guld abdomineque 

 flavescenti albis ; hypochondriis fulvis. 



Long. tot. 6^- unc ; rost. -fa, alee, 2-^ caudce, 2^ tarsi, -fa. 



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 buffy 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. 



