F a m i l y .— L A N I A DiE .
S u b - F a m .— LA N IA N A :, S w a i n s .
C y c l a r h i s G u i a n e n s i s , S t v a i n s .
C. Guianensis, Sicains., Omith. Draw. PI. 58. $
Tanagra Guianensis, Gmel.
Laniagra Guyanensis, D ’Orb. et Lafr.
Falcunculus Guianensis, Sicatns., (1837.)
Le Sourciroux, Levaill. Ois. D’Afr. PI. 76. f. 2.
My specimen was obtained at Maldonado, in the latter end of May. I did
not see another during my residence there. In its stomach were Coleóptera.
S u b - F a m .— T H A M N O P H ÎL IN Æ .
T h a m n o p h i l ü s d o l i a t u s , Vieill.
Lanius doliatus, Linné.
My specimen was obtained at Maldonado, where it is not very common. It
generally frequents hedge-rows. Cry rather loud, but plaintive and agreeable.
Iris, reddish orange ; bill, blue, especially base of lower mandible. I obsei-ved
individuals (females?) in which the black and white bands on the breast
were scarcely visible, and even those on the under tail-coverts but obscurely
marked.
F a m i l y .— T U R D I D Æ .
1. T u r d u s r u f i v e n t e r . Licht.
T. rufiventer, Licht. Cat. p. 38.
-----------------Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 639 ?
•----------- - Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. tom. 1. p. 70. t. Ixviii.
-----------------D'Orh. et Lafr. Voy. de I’Amcr. Mer. Av. p. 203.
Grivo rousse et noirâtre, Azara, No. 79.
Turdus Chochi, Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 689.
----------------------D'Orh. et Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1835. p. 17.
T. leucomelas, Vieill. Ency. Metb. 644.
T. albiventer, Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. tom. 1. p. 70. t. Ixix. f. l.m . 2 fern.
La grive blanche et noirâtre, Azara, No. 80.
The white-bellied thrush, described under the three latter synonyms, according
to M. D ’Orbigny, (p. 203 of the ornithological part of his work), is the
female of the T. rujiventer. 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 . T u r d u s F a l k l a n d i c u s . Quay et Gaim.
T. Falklandicus, quoy et Gaim. Zool. de I’Uranie, p. 104.
-------------------- Pernetty, Hist, d'un Voy. aux lies Malouines, I I . p. 20.
-------------------- jyOrb. Sf Lafr., Voy. de I’Amer. Mer. Av. p. 202.
T. Magcllanicus, King, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1830) p. 14.
--------------------jyOrb. Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1835. p. 16.
M. D ’Orbigny has pointed out that the J'urdus Magcllanicus of King is only
the male bird of Turdus Falldandicus. 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 cliiefly 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.