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The species was first described from Paraguay by Azara, and recently Dr. Borelli has obtained 
itin the same country, аб Paraguari in Central Paraguay in August, and again at Concepcion in 
the highlands in October (Salvadori, Boll. Mus. Torino, x. p. 2). According to Mr. Graham Kerr 
it is abundant on the Pilcomayo (Ibis, 1892, p. 122). 
It is a frequent species in collections from Rio, and Mr. Euler says that itis the commonest of 
the Thrushes at Cantagallo in that Province (J. f. O. 1867, p. 403). Mr. Konigswald records it 
from San Paulo (J.f. O. 1896, p. 345), and specimens obtained by Mr. Joyner at Pelotas in 
Rio Grande do Sul are in Ше Salvin-Godman Collection. Natterer's localities for this Thrush are 
as follows:—Rio de Janeiro, December; Sapitiba, March; Registo do Sai, April; Mattodentro, 
December; Ypanema, April, June, July, August; Curytiba, October; Villa de Castro, December ; 
Goiaz, September; Cuyaba, January. 
Specimens from Bahia and Pernambuco are in the British Museum. Compared with the series 
from Rio, the Bahia skins show slight variations. Both summer and winter plumages of the two 
forms are before me, and there is certainly as much difference between them as in some of the 
African species which are universally recognized by naturalists at the present day ; but I find that in 
summer plumage it is impossible to distinguish the two birds, though in winter dress the southern 
birds are much deeper olive in colour. Count Von Berlepsch, however, writes to me that the series 
in his collection does not confirm my conclusions. _ 
Prince Maximilian of Neuwied observes :—'* I found this Thrush of fairly common occurrence, 
and especially abundant near Espirito Santo. It frequents not only the large woods, but also straggling 
bushes. No song worth mention has ever been noticed. Its nest is built in a thick shrub and 
placed in a fork of a branch, or upon the thick portion of the branch itself. It exactly resembles 
the nest of our Blackbird (7. merula); it із made of small roots of some plant, is fairly large, and 
interwoven with dried rootlets and small delicate twigs trodden down. A nest with three somewhat 
elongated blunt-pointed eggs, of a beautiful green colour flecked with liver-brown, was found 
in December." 
Mr. W. A. Forbes procured specimens in Pernambuco, and writes as follows :—“ I found 
this Thrush common all over the districts I visited, except in the immediate neighbourhood of 
Recife. In its habits it much resembles the Common Thrush (7. musicus) of England, spending 
a good deal of its time on the ground in pursuit of its food. It is usually to be seen in paths 
in the lower second growth, or in the clearings for railways, on the line itself, and is not found in 
the thick forests. The Brazilians call this Thrush *Sabiá, as well as 7. fumigatus, and esteem 
it highly for eating-purposes. Probably on this account it has become rare near Recife, and shy 
elsewhere in the neighbourhood of towns " (Ibis, 1881, p. 327), 
There is a specimen from Bolivia, from the Eyton Collection, in the British Museum. 
Mr. W. Н. Hudson writes :—‘ The Red-bellied Thrush is a noisy, strong-winged, quarrelsome 
bird, closely resembling the Dusky Thrush in its manners. It inhabits forests, runs on the ground 
in search of food, and, when approached, darts away with loud chuckling notes, flying close to the 
ground. These birds are often seen pursuing each other through the trees with loud harsh screams. 
Тһе song has a faint resemblance to that of the English Song-Thrush, being composed of a variety 
of notes uttered in the same disconnected manner, with frequent pauses; but it is, both in sweetness 
and strength, inferior to that of the English bird. As a rule this Thrush sings concealed in a thick 
bush or tree. The nest is deep, well made, plastered inside with mud, and concealed in the centre 
of a large bush or low tree. The eggs are four, pale blue in colour, and thickly spotted with 
brown." 
“On the Pilcomayo,” says Mr. Graham Kerr, “it frequents the open woods and bush. Its 
favourite feeding-grounds are the open spaces near the river, which are liable to occasional flooding 
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