TURDUS CHIGUANCO, Гај. $ d'Orb. 
D'ORBIGNY'S THRUSH. 
Turdus chiguanco, Lafr. & d'Orb. Syn. Av. Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 16; d'Orb. Voy. Amér. Mérid. 
p. 201, pl. ix. fig. 2 (1837) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 225 (1881). 
T. gutture indistincte nigro striato: pedibus flavis: pileo dorso concolore: subcaudalibus latè albo medialiter 
striatis. 
Тила dull-coloured Thrush is found from Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia, and extends also to the Chilian 
province of Tarapacá. 
Specimens from Cuenca and Riobamba in Ecuador, procured by Fraser, are in the Sclater 
Collection. Fraser also obtained other examples at Gualaquiza and Zamora (Sclater, P. Z. S. 1868, 
p. 450). On the plateau of Riobamba he found it a common bird but very shy (Sclater, P. 2. 8. 
1858, p. 550). 
In Peru the species has been met with by Henry Whitely at Islay in May and September, in the 
Catarindo Valley in September, and at Arequipa in May and June (Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S 1867, p. 984; 
1868, p. 569). Mr. Jelski met with the species at Maraynioc and Huanta (Tacz. Orn. Pérou, i. 
p. 494). Mr. Baron has procured specimens at Cajamarca, at an elevation of 9000-9500 feet. 
In the vicinity of Lima, Prof. Nation says that this Thrush is migratory, arriving in June 
and leaving in October. It resorts to the valleys in the neighbourhood of that сну (Sclater, Р. 2. 8. 
1866, р. 96). ; 
А specimen from Bolivia, procured at Tilotilo by Buckley (Scl. & Salv. P. 2. S. 1879, p. 591), 
is in the Salvin-Godman Collection, and a female bird obtained by Herr Rahmer at Sibaya in 
Tarapacá, in January, is in the collection bequeathed to the British Museum by Mr. Berkeley James 
(Sclater, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 396). 
D'Orbigny's note on this species is as follows:—‘ We met with this Thrush on the western 
slope of the Peruvian Andes, from the sea-level up to 2000 metres, that is to the suburbs of the 
town of Tacna, and thence, ascending the Cordillera, to the village of Pacna. In all these localities 
it is very common at the bottom of the ravines, and at all places where bushes or fruit-trees are 
encountered, as well as the brushwood which it never leaves. It is often seen in couples, or by 
itself, in inhabited districts, where it disports itself fearlessly and with abundant familiarity, as if it 
felt quite at home. It scratches frequently on the ground, turning over the dead leaves, and always 
perches on the low branches of Ше bushes. It runs with great quickness, frequently elevating its 
tail. In a word, in its ways and in its flight, one cannot do better than compare it with our 
European Thrushes. 
“It is a resident bird, feeding on grain and insects. We should have liked to eat it, but its 
flesh is not only hard but disagreeable, and the natives will have none of it. We have been told 
that its song is full of harmony in the breeding-season, so that it is often brought up in a cage 
and is not difficult to rear. The Aymara Indians call it * Chiguanco,' which has suggested to us 
the specific name." 
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