The genus Furnarius contains several species, all small birds, living on the ground, and inhabiting open dry countries. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Another and smaller species of Furnarius (F. cunicularius), resembles the oven-bird in the general reddish tint of its plumage, in a peculiar shrill reiterated cry, and in an odd manner of running by starts. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
There is another species of Furnarius, which the Spaniards call the casarita, or little house-builder. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
The genus Furnarius contains several species, all small birds living on the ground, and inhabiting open dry countries. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter V] Reference
In the genus Furnarius the oven-shaped clay structure is known to be made by three species; a fourth builds a nest of sticks in a tree; a fifth burrows in the side of. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
Cinclodes, the wagtail; Geobates a Saxicola; Limnornis lives in reed beds growing in the water; Henicornis in reed beds growing out of the water; and many other ground species exist concealed in the grass on dry plains; Homorus seeks its food by digging in the loose soil and dead leaves about the roots of trees; while Geo-sitta, Furnarius, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
I could not endure to see the havoc they were making amongst the ovenbirds (Furnarius rufus -- a species for which. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
Of the genus Furnarius there are several species. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
Furnarius, 99. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
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