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ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 
Anumbius ruber. D'Orb. and Lafr. 
Anumbius ruber. D’Orb. Sf La/. Mag de Zool, 1838, p. 18. 
Furnarius 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 Synallaxis 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, baud emarginatum ; naribus magnis basalibus linearibus apertis aut 
partim operculo tectis : alse brevis sinus rotunda , plumis quarta, quinta sextaque fere 
cequalibus 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 ferl cequalibus, intermediis aliquanto 
brevioribus. 
1. Limnornis rectirostris. Gould. 
Plate XXVI. 
L. pallide flavescenti fusca ; cervice nigrescenti fusco ; cauda rufa ; tectricibus prima- 
riis secundariisque fuscis rufo lath marginatis ; fascia pone ocidos, gula abdomineque 
flavescenti albis ; hypochondriis fulvis. 
Long. tot. 6// unc ; rost. alee, 2-^ caudce, 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 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. 
