382 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



IJahits. According to Sclioinbiirok (lleis. Guian. iii. p. (iGS) 

 this species is distributed in the woods throughout the vvhohi of 

 British Guiana. Its habits and mode of life are similar to those 

 of its congeners in Europe. Schumburgk states that he always 

 found it sinjily either on the ground or in the low bush. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) v. p. 72) states that this species 

 is only seen occasionally in Georgetown. 



583. Planesticus fumigatus abariensis. 



Abary Sabian Thrush. 



Planesticus fumigatus ahariensis Chubb, BulL Brit. Ornith. Club,xxxviii. 

 p. 53, April 2, 1918 (Abary River). 



Adult. Crown of head, sides of face, back, wings, and tail 

 chocolate-brown ; breast, abdomen, sides of body, and under tail- 

 coverts dull umber-brown; axillaries and under wing-coverts dull 

 rufous. 



Total length 214 mm., exposed culmen 18, wing 120, tail 92, 

 tarsus 33. 



The description is taken from the t3'po in the McConnell col- 

 lection, which was collected on the Abary lliver in 1906. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Un described. • 



Range confined to Britisli Guiana. Abary River [McConnell 

 collection). 



Habits. Similar to those of P. fredericki, 



584. Planesticus albiventer. 

 Spix^s Thrush. 



Turdus alhiventer Spix, Av. Bi-as. i. p. 70, ])1. Ixix. fig. 1, 1S24 (Minas 

 Geraes et Para) ; Cab. in Schouib. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 666, 1848 ; 

 Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 216, 18S1. 



Tvrdus albiventris Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 198 (Borairaa. 3000-4000 ft.). 



Planesticus alhiventer Beebe, Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 116, 1910 

 (Georgetown) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Anier. i. \). 346, no. 3538, 

 1912 ; Beebe, Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, p. 135, 1917 

 (Bartica). 



Adult male. General colour of the upper surface bistre-brown, 

 rather darker and more duskv on the head ; inner webs of flight- 



