FURNAEINJL 
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At the entrance, which is on the side, there is a partition that reaches nearly to the roof, and terminates. circuit L v ^ 
the inner chamber, where are deposited, on a bed of feathers or fine grass, four eggs. I he united pair tee 
approach to the nest by cries and threatening gestures. 
1. F. rufus (Gmel.) Vieill. 
rhynchus ruficaudus Pr. Max. 
Bras. t. 78. f. . 
2. F. figulus (111.) PI. enl. 739- 
Max. ; Furnarius melanotis Swains. 
Turdus badius Licht. ; Opetio- 
Figulus albogularis Spix, Av. 
-Opetiorhynchus rufus Pr. 
3. F. rectirostris (Pr. Max.) Beitr. iii. p. 679- 
4. F. leucopus Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 324. 
5. ? F. griseus Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 325. 
6. ? F. longipennis Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p- 
7. ? F .fasciatus Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 351- 
350. 
ClNCLODES.* 
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Bill of various lengths, slender, much compressed on the sides, with the culmen slightly arched to 
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tip, which is entire ; the nostrils basal, lateral, with the opening longitudinal, narrow, and coveK<- 
membrane that is partly clothed by the small frontal plumes. Wings long and rather pointed, 
first quill much shorter than the second, which is rather shorter than the third and fourth ; 
the longest. Tail long, broad, and rounded on the sides. Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe, 
ed by 11 
r»r c 
and 
covered in front with broad scales. Toes long and slender, with the outer toe longer than the vat 
1 arrriea 
and united at its base ; the hind toe as long as the middle toe without the claw, strong, a.nu 
with a strong claw. 
These 
It is in various parts of the continent of South America, that the species of this genus are scattered, 
observes Mr. Darwin, live on the sea beach, whether formed of shingle or rock, and may occasionally be seen 
on the buoyant leaves of the Fuchs giganteus at some little distance from the sea shore. The pebbly beds of h» 
sometimes tempt a solitary pair to wander far from the coast, and others frequent the borders of lakes. )l y 
occasionally to wander inland, for they have been observed in the stony arid valleys of the Cordillera, at a * ieI » 
, bn -1 
is, 
rivers 
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least 8000 feet, and even in open desert places in which a few bushes grow, or in open grassy plains. A hen jj 
ground they hop about quickly, and often change their place by a short flight. Their food consists ol ,nsei ^ af e 
crabs, and minute shells, which they usually search for among the refuse of the sea weeds and leaves, & c ” ^ ^e)' 
thrown on the shore by the sea. Others may be noticed turning over and picking the dry pieces of dung, ‘ g0 „g 
occasionally feed on seeds. The notes of these birds are very acute, and consist of a shrill cry quickly reiten Q £ a 
to make a running sound. Mr. Darwin states that the nest which he found was placed in a small hole in th e 1 j 0 ge 
deep cavern, not far from the bank of a pebbly stream, and another was found in a small hole beneath an ol 
to the sea beach. They were composed of coarse grass, and were untidily built. 
1. C. patagonicus (Gmel.) G. R Gray. — Motaeilla gracula 
Fur st. Desc. Anim. p. 324., Icon. ined. 160. ; Furnarius chilensis 
Less. Tr. d’Orn. t. 75. f. 1. ; F. Lessoni Bum. ; Opetiorhynchus 
rupestris Kittl. Mem. de l’Acad. St. Petersh. i. t. 8. 
2. C. vulgaris (D’Orb. & Lafr.) Syn. Av. ii. p. 22., Voy. dans 
l’Ame'r. Mer. Ois. t. 57. f- 1. 
3. C. antaroticus (Garn.) Ann. des Sci. 1826. p., Pern. Voy. ii. 
p. 20. — Furnarius fuliginosus Less. Voy . de la Coqu. Zool. 
p. 670. 
4. C. nigrofumosus (D’Orb. & Lafr.) Syn. Av. ii. p. 23., Voy. 
dans I’Amer. Mer. Ois. t. 57- f. 2., Voy. of Beagle, Birds, pi. 20. 
Ale'f. 
5. C. montanus D'Orb. & Lafr. Voy. dans 1 Am er 
t. 56. f. 1. 
6. C. andeecola D’Orb. & Lafr. Voy. dans 1 ^ nie 
t. 56. f. 2. 
7. C. inornatus Less. Rev. Zool. 1840. p.267- 
8. C. pattiatus Tschudi, Faun. Peruana, p. 21 ■ 
9. G. dumetorius (I. Geoftr., D’Orb.) — Upucertn ^ ^ 
D'Orb. fy Lafr. Av. Syn. ii. p. 20., Voy. of Beagle, 
Ois- 
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19- 
Type of Upucertliia I. Geoffr. (1832). ^ xV j 
10. ? C. ruficaudus (Meyen), Nov. Act. Nat. t ur 
ii. — Type of Ochetorhynehus Meyen (1834). 
supp- 
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* Established by me in 1840. ‘ Cillurus (1844) of M. Cabanis is synonymous, 
and Ochetorhynehus (1834) of M. Meyen. 
It embraces Upucertliia (1832) 
of M. Xsid° re 
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