FURNAEITv/E. 
Lochmias Swains.* 
Sill 
^ nearly as long as the head, slender, the sides compressed, with the tip slightly curved and entire ; 
"r "° nVS ' <)n "’ straight, and slightly curved at the tip ; the nostrils lateral, basal, placed in a small 
t\y an< ^ tbe 0 P°ning covered by a membrane, and linear. Wings short and rounded, with the first 
sh ^ Ul ^ S S ra duated, and the third and fourth nearly as long as the fifth, which is the longest. Tail 
the '• S °^' ari( ^ ron nded, with the shafts forming slender points beyond the webs. Tarsi longer than 
^ . 1 toe ) a,| d with broad scales in front. Toes long and slender, with the outer toe longer than 
ei 5 and united at its base ; the hind toe nearly as long as the middle toe ; the claws moderate, 
Cl,r M and acute. 
The type of this genus is an inhabitant of the Brazils. 
L. St. Hilarii (Less.) — Lochmias squamulata Swains. Birds of Braz.pl. 38. 
ENICORNIS.f 
aS ^° T1 S as, or longer than, the head, straight, with the eulmen at the tip slightly curved and 
Sill 
e htir e ; ip 
tyj^ ^ le n °strils basal, lateral, placed in a nasal groove, with the opening linear. Wings short, 
fourth, fifth, and sixth quills the longest, and the secondaries as long as the primaries. Tail 
e late 
A 0 7 o Jr 
the l x e ' ,Ul< ^ rounded on the sides. Tarsi short, and covered with broad scales. Toes rather short, with 
er al toe 
s unequal ; the hind toe shorter than the middle toe ; the claws moderate and curved. 
is 
^ the barren Cordillera, on the coast of Patagonia, and other parts of South America, that these birds are 
It 
f °Uhd. , 
t ' )e scattered / entirely on the ground, and generally, says Mr. Darwin, in dry sterile situations, where they haunt 
lt|< l they p° , thickets, often flying from one to another. When searching about the bushes, they carry their tails erect ; 
coleopterous and other kinds of insects. 
fi. 
Pham, 
icura 
(Gould), Voy. of Beagle, Birds, p. 6g. pi. 21. | 2. E. melanura G. R. Gray. 
Sill 
as Ion 
Limnounis Gould.% 
to t], . ,IJ ^ as ’ or longer than, the head, much compressed on the sides, with the eulmen slightly curved 
V a pp / I s entire ; the nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a nasal groove, with the opening covered 
( q,j a | lane > ar ‘d linear. Wings very short and rounded, with the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills nearly 
pr 0 l 0ri r ^° n S es t. Tail short and graduated, the end of each feather obliquely pointed, and the shaft 
Mth ' be y QTld ^e web. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, and strongly scaled. Toes long and slender, 
r; , latf ' ral ones unequal, the outer the longest, and slightly united at its base ; the hind toe rather 
uiidrlle toe ; the claws short, strong, and slightly curved. 
rter than the 
ks fa 
•j- r d ' , Eis|q£(j p, 
"'as ,.u llis geuu s J AIr ' Swaills °n in 182? (Zoological Journal, iii. p. 355.). Picerthia of M. Isidore GeofFroy (1832) is synonymous. 
t i, ail g e ') bv tv, aS estahlislu 'd in 1839 by Mr. Gould, under the name of EremoUus ; but, as this word had been previously employed, it 
+ ^stakn.i ■> roe to the ak,™ „ 
Sla bli s [, e( | , e d’ the above appellation. 
y Mr. Gould in 1839 (Voyage 
( Voyage of the Beagle, Birds, p. 80.). 
