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LATREILLE'S ATTAGIS- 
Atiagis l^treUIii, — Leisson. 
PLATE IX. 
L'Attftgis do LatreiUe, Attagia Latrcillei^ I^ss. Itlu^lra^om 
Two apecies of these curio birds have been fi- 
f?ured by Lesson, the oDe in his "Zoological Century," 
the other in liis " Illuaimtions," the latter of wliich has 
now served for our copy- Both are from Chili ; but 
we regret that nothing has been conimnnit-ated re- 
<?ardtiig their kabita, or the digtriets in wbicil they 
are found, and conjecture only is set to work to place 
them in their proper situation. The present species 
is about eight inches in lenp^b, therefore not much 
exceeding the siife of the common quBiK The bill 
appears fom^ed somewhat like that of pteroclea, but 
the feet and tarsi are unplumcd. It is probable that 
they may hold the same place in the vast iSoutli 
American plains, which the ganga does in the more 
eterile deserts of the old world. The tints of the 
plumage in both afe blended with cliaste shade® of 
brown. 
There ts another bird of which Lesson and E«ch- 
