BIRDS. 59 



Family.— TURDID^. 



1. TURDUS RUFIVENTER. Licllt. 



T. rufiventer, Licht. Cat. p. 38. 



Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 639 ? 



Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. torn. 1. p. 70. t. Ixviii. 



D'Orh. et Lafr. Voy. de I'Amer. Mer. Av. p. 203. 



Grive rousse et noiratre, Azara, No. 79. 

 Turdus Chochi, Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 639. 



D'Orh. et Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1835. p. 17. 



T. leucomelas, Vieill. Ency. Meth. 644. 



T. albiventer, SpLv, Av. Sp. Nov. torn. 1. p. 70. t. Ixi.x. f. l.ni. 2 fem. 



La grive blanche et noiratre, Azara, No. 80. 



The white-bellied thrush, described under the three latter synonyms, accord- 

 ing to M. D'Orbigny, (p. 203 of the ornithological part of his work), is the 

 female of the 2\ nifiventer. My specimens were obtained at Maldonado and the 

 Rio Negro, which latter place, in 41°, is its most southern limit: Spix found it 

 near Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It utters a note of alarm very like that of the 

 common English thrush, [Turdus musicus). 



2. Turdus Falklandicus. Quoy et Gaiin. 



T. Falklandicus, Quoi/ et Gaiin. Zool. de I'Uranie, p. 104. 



Pernetti/, Hist, d'un Voy. aux lies Malouines, II. p. 20. 



D'Orb. Sf Lafr., Voy. de I'Amer. Mer. Av. p. 202. 



T. Magellanicus, Ki)i(/, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1830) p. 14. 

 lyOrh. Sj- Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1835. p. 16. 



M. D'Orbigny has pointed out that the Turdus 3IageUanicus of King is only 

 the male bird of T'urdus Falklandicus. I obtained specimens from the Rio Negro, 

 Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego and Chiloe : I believe I saw the same species 

 in the valleys of Northern Chile ; I was informed that the thrush there lines 

 its nest with mud, in which respect it follows the habits of species of the 

 northern hemisphere. In the Falkland Islands it chiefly inhabits the more rocky 

 and dryer hills. It haunts also the neighbourhood of the settlement, and very 

 frequently may be seen within old sheds. In this respect, and generally in its 

 habits, it resembles the English thrush (Turdus musicus) : its cry, however, is 

 different. It is tame, silent, and inquisitive. 



