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2976. Dendragapus obscurus richardsonii (i^oii^^/.).— Rich- 

 ardson's Dusky Grouse. 



"Baird mentions ten specimens collected in western Nebraska in the month 

 of August" (Taylor); "Eastward through Wyoming and western South Da- 

 kota" (Bendire). 



The last edition of the A. O. U. Check List gives the typical obscurus as 

 reaching "eastward to the Black Hills of South Dakota." 



Fig. 8.— Ruffed Grouse. 



300. Bonasa umbellus {Linn.). — Ruffed Grouse. 



Weeping Water (T. A. Williams); " Rare in Nebraska " (Aughey); "Prob- 

 ably may be found in the western part of the state " (Taylor) ; "South through 

 southeastern Nebraska" (Bendire); "West to the edge of the Great Plains " 

 (Goss); South Omaha, Rockport — breeding (L. Skow); "rare resident, one 

 killed near Florence Nov. 4, 1894, and several killed near Bellevue winter of 

 1893" (I. S. Trostler). 



305. Tympanuchus americanus {Reich.). — Prairie Hen; Pin- 

 nated Grouse. 



Greater portion of the state, breeds (L. Bruner); "enormously abundant in 

 Nebraska" (Aughey); "Resident, abundant in the western part of the state, 

 but somewhat rare in eastern Nebraska" (Taylor); "throughout Nebraska " 

 (Bendire); "Prairies of the Mississippi valley (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt (A. 

 S. Pearse); Omaha— breeds (L. Skow); Peru— breeds (G. A. Coleman); Cherry 

 county — breeds (J. M. Bates); numerous localities in eastern half of state (D. 

 H. Talbot); Gage county— breeds (F. A. Colby); Omaha, "formerly a common 

 resident, and may still be met with occasionally in flocks of from four to fifteen 

 individuals" (I. S. Trostler). 



