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Show 58 ZOOLOGY OF TilE VOYAGE OF TilE BEAGLE. FAMILY.-L AN I AD JE. SuB-F.ui.-LANIANlE, SwAINS. CYCLARHIS GuiANENSIS, Swains. C. Guianensis, SwainB., Omith. Draw. Pl. 58. ~ Tanagra Guiancnsis, Gmel. Laniagra Guyancnsis, D'Orb. et Lafr. Falcunculus Guianonsis, Swain1., (1837.) Le Sourciroux, Levaill. Ois. D'Afr. Pl. 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 Coleoptera. Sun-FAM.-THAMNOPHJLINJE. THAMNOPIIILUS DOLIATUS, Vieill. Lanius dolia.tus, Li9!ne. 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 observed 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. BIRDS. FAMILY.-TURDIDJE. 1. Tunnus RUFIVENTER. Licltt. T. rufi.ventcr, Licltt. Cat. p. 38. Vieill. Enoy. !Ieth. p. 6391 --- Spiro, Av. Sp. Nov. tom. 1. p. 70. t.lxviii. ---- D'Orb. ot Lajr. Voy. de l'Amcr. Mer. Av. p. 203. Grivo rousse ot noirfltro, Azara, No. 79. Turdus Choohi, Vieilt. Enoy. Moth. p. 639. ----- D'Orb. et Lajr. Mag. de Zool. 1835. p. 17. T. louoomelas, Vieill. Ency. Meth. 644. T. albivonter, Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. tom. 1. p. 70. t. lxix. f. 1. m. 2 fern. La grive blanche ot noir9.tre, 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 7'. t·ufiventer. 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, (Tut·dus musicus). 2. Tunnus FALKLANDicus. Quoy et Gaim. T. Falklandicus, Quoy et Gaim. Zoo!. do l'Umnio, p. 104. ---- Pen1etty, !list. d\m Voy. aux lles :Malouinos, II. p. 20. D'Orb. 4' Lajr., Voy. do l'Amor. Mor. Av. p. 202. T. Mo.golla.nicus, Kin[!, Proc. Zool. Soc, (1830) p. U. ---- UOrb. 4' Lafr. Mag. do Zool. 1835. p. 16. M. D'Orbigny has pointed out that the 7'1trdus Magellanicus of King is only the male bird of 7'urdus Falklandicus. I obtained specimens from the Rio Negro, ~alkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego and Chiloe: I believe I saw the same species m the valleys of Northern Chile · I was informed that the thrush there lines its nest with mud, in which res;ect 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 h~bits, it resembles the English thrush (Turdus musicus): its cry, however, is different. It is tame, silent, and inquisitive. |