4] [ Vol. xxxviil. 
The type, which is in the British Museum, was collected 
on April 23rd, 1897, in the Horcones Valley by Capt. P. H. 
Gosse, R.A.M.C., who accompanied Mr. E. A. Fitz Gerald 
on his expedition to the Andes of Argentina. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but rather larger. 
Total length 295 mm.; exposed culmen 20; wing 195; 
tail 83; tarsus 27. 
Attagis gayi simonsi, subsp. nov. 
Adult male. Allied to A. g. latreilli, but differs in having 
the upper parts minutely and profusely mottled with grey, 
instead of buff marginal and submarginal lines, the dark 
submarginal lines on the fore-neck paler and not so pro- 
nounced, the breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts 
vinaceous cinnamon instead of pale chestnut, the under 
wing-coverts paler, and the wing and tail measurements 
rather larger. ‘Iris brown, bill dark, feet bronze” (P. O. 
Simons). 
Total length 268 mm. ; exposed culmen 17; wing 189; 
tail 80; tarsus 25. 
Hab. Crucero, Lake Titicaca, Peru. 
The type, which is in the British Museum, was collected 
by P. O. Simons at Crucero in Peru, on the western side of 
Lake Titacaca, at an elevation of 5000 metres, on the 30th 
of June, 1900. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but slightly 
larger. Wing 192 mm. 
The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednes- 
day, the 20th of February, 1918, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m. 
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to 
inform the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Talbot-Ponsonby, at 5 Crown 
Office Row, Temple, E.C. 4. 
