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least 52° south latitude on the coast, and on the foothills of the southern 

 Andes up to 4,000 feet altitude, north to at least 40° south latitude. 



Mr. Colburn obtained a female of this species at Arroyo Gio on May 30, 

 1898, the same locality where he collected about the same date a pair of 

 A. gayi. The occurrence of the two kinds of Attagis in proximity or 

 together does not seem to have been observed before. The work of the 

 naturalists of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia throws 



Fig. 140. 



Attagis malouiiuis . Showing the pattern of the feather decoration. All natural size. P. U. 

 O. C. 7989. 



new light on the distribution and range of both A. gayi and A. inalouimts, 

 the southern range of A. gayi being extended well into Patagonia proper 

 and the northern range of A. nialouiuus bringing that species at least into 

 the southern boundary of A. gayi. Mr. Hatcher writes in his manu- 

 script field-notes regarding A. gayi: "Common along the foothills of the 

 southern Andes at altitudes of from 2,000 to 4,000 feet, where it occurs 

 on the open stretches of country, especially where berries are abundant." 



