148 Mr. Douglas oh some Species 



Sascatchawan river, and the streams that flow into Hudson's 

 Bay. 



7'. Phasiancllus. Like the hist mentioned, is not seen west of 

 the Rocky Mountains. It abounds on the dry undulating cop- 

 pices or prairies of Sascatchawan river, throughout the whole 

 chain of that stream. On the shores of Oxford lake this is the 

 most common bird of the tribe. 



T. Cupido. In August 1827 I killed several birds of this spe- 

 cies between Red river and Pembina in 49° north latitude. This 

 may, perhaps, be found to be its most northern range. It did 

 not come under my observation on the western parts of the 

 continent. 



T. Umbellus. Perhaps no one of the genus extends over such 

 a tract of country, and no one is more varied in plumage than the 

 present bird. In the valleys of the Rocky Mountains, 54° north 

 latitude, and a few miles northwards near the sources of Peace 

 river, a supposed variety of this species is found, — different from 

 . T. Umbellus of Wilson. On comparing my specimens from that 

 country with some which I prepared in the States of New York 

 and Pennsylvania, and on the shores on the chain of lakes in 

 Upper Canada, I find the following differences First, the north- 

 ern bird is constantly one-third smaller, of a very light speckled 

 mixed gray, having little of that rusty colour so conspicuous in 

 the southern bird : — secondly, the ruffle consists invariably of 

 only 20 feathers, these short, black, and with but little azure 

 glossiness ; the crest-feathers are few and short. Should these 

 characters hereafter be considered of sufficient importance for 

 constituting a distinct species, it might perhaps be well to call it 

 T. Umbello'ides. 



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