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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Furnariidae .
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Some species of Xenops and Magarornis, like woodpeckers, climb vertically on tree-trunks in search of insect prey, but also, like tits, explore the smaller twigs and foliage at the extremity of the branches; so that the whole tree, from its root to its topmost foliage, is hunted over by them.
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_Cyphorhinus carinatus_, Cab.] [Footnote 84: _Xenops_, _Anabates_, _Dendrocolaptes_, and many other kinds of _Capito_ and _Picus_.] [Footnote 85: These are different kinds of _Cassicus_ and _Icterus_.] [Footnote 86: Kinds of Pteroglossus.
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