. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology; Zoologia Geral. DENDROCOLAPTIDAE 485 Siptornis alhiccps being white. The bill may be red, or excep- tionally the feet white, as in Furnarius leucopus. Crests are found in F. cr(status, Synallaxis semicinerea, Coryphistera, and Homorus. The sexes, as far as known, are similar. The large Drymornis hridgesi is over a foot long, but many forms are not half that size, and most are comparatively small. The habits are extremely diverse. Geositta cunicidaria flits along low and swiftly, like a Wheatear, with the tail in motion, or crouches and runs before the
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology; Zoologia Geral. DENDROCOLAPTIDAE 485 Siptornis alhiccps being white. The bill may be red, or excep- tionally the feet white, as in Furnarius leucopus. Crests are found in F. cr(status, Synallaxis semicinerea, Coryphistera, and Homorus. The sexes, as far as known, are similar. The large Drymornis hridgesi is over a foot long, but many forms are not half that size, and most are comparatively small. The habits are extremely diverse. Geositta cunicidaria flits along low and swiftly, like a Wheatear, with the tail in motion, or crouches and runs before the pedestrian, uttering a note re- sembling " piti-piti," varied by a ringing trill. It frequents bare. Fig. 105.—Nest of Oveu-bird (Furnarius). x^. spots, and bores oblique tunnels in biscacha burrows, sandy banks, or mud walls, ending in cavities lined with soft grasses, where it lays five white eggs. The food consists of seeds, insects, and their larvae, the bill being commonly used to dig. Zochmias nematura fills a similar hole with a large-domed nest of twigs and roots, lined with leaves, which contains two white eggs. The Oven- birds (Furnarius) run or hop unconcernedly among the wayfarers with the head thrown back, or pause with one foot uplifted; they utter incessant and loud, but not unmelodious, cries with the beak ovitstretched, which are even heard at night.^ Worms, ^ Duets are said to be sung ; cf. Hudson Argentine Ornithology, i. 1888, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862-; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. [London, Macmillan and co. , limited; New York, The Macmillan company
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