BIRDS. 
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Family. — TURDIDiE. 
1. Turdus rufiventer. Licht. 
T. rufiventer, Licht. Cat. p. 38. 
Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 639 ? 
Spix , Av. Sp. Nov. tom. 1. p. 70. t. lxviii. 
D'Orb. et Lafr. Yoy. de l’Amer. Mer. Av. p. 203. 
Grive rousse eir “noirfitre, Azara , No. 79. 
Turdus Chochi, Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 639. 
D'Orb. et Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1835. p. 17. 
T. leucomelas, Vieill. Ency. Meth. 644. 
T. albiventer, Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. tom. 1. p. 70. t. lxix. f. l.m. 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 T. rufiventer. 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 Gaim . 
T. Falklandicus, Quoy et Gaim. Zool. de 1’Uranie, p. 104. 
Pernetty , Hist, d’un Yoy. aux lies Malouines, II. p, 20. 
D’Orb. § Lafr., Yoy. de l’Amer. Mer. Av. p. 202. 
T. Magellanicus, King, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1830) p. 14. 
D’Orb. fy Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1835. p. 16. 
M. D’Orbigny has pointed out that the Turdus Magellanicus of King is only 
the male bird of Turdus 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. 
