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LATREILLE’S ATTAGJS. 
Attagis Latreillei Lesson. 
PLATE IX. 
L’ Attagis de Latreille, Attagis Latreillei, Less. Illustraiions 
de Zoologie. 
Two species of these curious birds have been fi- 
gured by Lesson, the one in his “ Zoological Century,” 
the other in his “ Illustrations,” the latter of which has 
now served for our copy. Both are from Chili ; but 
we regret tliat nothing has been communicated re- 
garding their habits, or the districts in which 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 length, therefore not much 
exceeding the size of the common quail. The bill 
appears formed somewhat like that of pterocles, but 
the feet and tarsi are unplumed. It is probable that 
they may hold the same place in the vast South 
American plains, which the ganga does in the more 
sterile deserts of the old world. The tints of the 
plumage in both are blended with chaste shades of 
brown. 
There is another bird of which Lesson and Each- 
