TURDUS FALKLANDICUS, 0. $ G. 
FALKLAND-ISLAND THRUSH. 
Turdus falcklandii, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de РОташе, p. 104 (1824). 
Turdus falklandicus, Gould in Darwin's Voy. * Beagle,' ii. p. 59 (1841) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. v. p. 224, pl. xiii. (1881). 
Turdus magellanicus, part. (nec King), Bp. Consp. i. p. 272 (1850). 
Turdus maluinarum, Licht. MSS.; Bp. Consp. i. p. 272 (1850). 
T. similis 7. magellanico, sed ubique saturatior, uropygio et supracaudalibus dorso concoloribus, minimé cineraceis, 
distinguendus. 
Tuis is a dark insular form of Л magellanicus, from which it differs in its much darker coloration, 
the head being brown like the back in winter plumage, but black in summer. It can always be 
recognized from T. magellanicus by its brown lower back and rump.  Seebohm believed that it 
never had a black head like 7' magellanicus; but this is a mistake, as the head is black in the full 
plumage. The brown, instead of grey, colour of the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 
is a never-failing distinction, as Seebohm has pointed out in his ‘ Key’ to the genus Zurdus 
(Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 187). 
The species appears to be confined to the Falkland Islands, where, says Darwin, “it chiefly 
inhabits the more rocky and dryer hills. It haunts also the neighbourhood of the settlement, and 
may very frequently be seen within old sheds. In this respect, and generally in its habits, it 
resembles the English Thrush (T. musicus) ; its cry, however, is different. It is tame, silent, and 
inquisitive " (Voy. * Beagle, ii. p. 59). 
The measurements of an adult bird are as follows :—Total length 11 inches, culmen 1:15, 
wing 5'7, tail 4:2, tarsus 1:65. i 
The description and the figure in the Plate are taken from examples in the British Museum. 
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