AVES THINOCORYTHID^. 239 



Suborder ATTAGIDES. 

 Sharpe, Classif. Bds. p. 72 (1891); id., Hand-List Bds; I. p. 145 (1899). 



Family Thinocorythid^. 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 714 (1896); id., Hand-List Bds. 

 L p. 145 (1899). 



Genus ATTAGIS Lesson & Isid. Geoftroy St. Hilaire. 



Type. 



Attagis, Lesson & Isid. Geoffr. St. Hilaire, Cent. Zool. pi. 

 XLVII (1830) ; Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 714 

 (1896); id., Hand-List Bds. I. p. 145 (1899) A. gayi. 



GeograpJiical Range. — Peculiar to South America. Peru, Chili, Ar- 

 gentina, Patagonia ; regions about the Straits of Magellan. The Falk- 

 land Islands. 



Attagis gayi Lesson. 



Attagis gayi, Less. Cent. Zool. p. 135, pi. 47 (1830) ; id. Traite d'Orn. p. 

 522 (1831) ; Gould in Darwin's Voy. 'Beagle,' Birds, p. 117 (1841 : 

 Cordilleras of Coquimbo and Copiago) ; Gray, Gen. B. III. p. 520 

 (1845) ; Bridges, P. Z. S. 1837, P- 29 (Tapaquilcha, 14,000 ft: Bolivia, 

 breeding) ; De Murs, Faun. Chil. Zool. I. p. 384 (1847) ; Reichenb. 

 Gall. tab. CLXXXI. fig. 1554 (1850); Bp. C. R. XLIII. p. 420 

 (1856) ; Gray, List Gall. Brit. Mus. p. 94 (1867) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 331 (Chili) ; id. & Salv. Exotic Orn. p. 158 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-1. 

 B. III. p. 20, no. 10052 (1871) ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 

 p. 144 (1873) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 557 (Junin) ; id. Orn. Perou, 

 III. p. 284 (1886) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1 89 1, p. 137 (Tarapaca) ; James, 

 New List Chilian B. p. 11 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. Bds. I, p. 145 

 (1899). 



Attagis latyeiltii, Less. " Bull de Soc." XXV. p. 243 ; id. 111. Zool. pi. II 

 (1830) ; Gray, Gen. B. III. p. 520, pi. 135 (1845) ; De Murs, Faun. 

 Chil. Zool. I. p. 385 (1847); Reichenb. Gall. tab. CLXXXI. figs. 

 1555-56 (1850); Bp. C. R. XLIII. p. 420 (1856); Pelz. Reis. 

 Novara, Vog. p. 113 (1865: Chili); Scl. & Salv. Exotic Orn. p. 



