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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Furnariidae .
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Examples
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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.
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The genus Furnarius contains several species, all small birds, living on the ground, and inhabiting open dry countries.
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The genus Furnarius contains several species, all small birds, living on the ground, and inhabiting open dry countries.
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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.
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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.
Chapter V 1909
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The genus Furnarius contains several species, all small birds living on the ground, and inhabiting open dry countries.
Chapter V 1909
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This manner of singing is perhaps most perfect in the oven-bird (_Furnarius_), and it is very curious that the
The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900
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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
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(Furnarius rufus), which had full liberty to range about at will, and noticed that at short intervals it went through the motions of picking something from its toes or legs, though I could see nothing on them.
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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
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