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1878. " AwAiisoosE." [KoBixsoN, R. E.] Ecfentricities of the Ruifed Grouse 

 [Bouasa nmbellus]. <[ Forest and Stream, xi, Nov. 21, 1878, p. 321. 



1878. Cooper, J. G. Californiau Prairie Chickeus. < Bull. Xittt. Oniith. Club, iii, 

 No. 2, Apr., 1878, p. 9G. 



Being Pedioecetes coluinhianus instead of tln^ alleged Cupidonia cupido. There was a good 

 detl of newspaper matter on the subject about this time, all founded in error, the supposed 

 P.ALie Chicljeus west of the Eocky Mountains being Shaip-taUed Grouse. 



1878. CouES, E. The Willow Grouse [Lagopus albns] iii New York. <^Bull.Xutt. 



Oniith. Club, iii, No. 1, Jan., 1878, p. 41. 

 1878. [Grixnei.i., G. B.] About our Grouse. <^ Forest and Stream, xi, Oct. 31, Nov. 



7, 14, 21, aud Dec. 5, 1878, pp. 259, 280, 299, 300, 319, 320, 360. 

 Jfotes on the habits of the less known Tetraonidce of Xorth America. 

 1878. Henshaw, H. W. Prairie chickens in Nevada. < Forest and Stream, x, Apr. 



11 , 1878, p. 175. See p. 296. 

 Cupidonia cupido not extending its range westward. 

 1878. '*'J. N."' A singular combat [between a male Tetrao canadensis and a dung- 

 hill Cock]. <^ Forest and Stream, x, Feb. 14, 1878, p. 18. 

 1878. Nelsox, E. "W. The Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus rupestiis) in the Aleutian 



Islands. < Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, iii. No. 1, Jan., 1878, p. 38. 

 1878. Newtox, a. [Remarks on Exhibition of a supposed hybrid between Lagopus 



scolicns and L. mutus. ] <^P.Z.S., Nov. 5, 1878, p. 793. 

 1878. "Pexobscot." [Libbey, D. S.] Drumming of the Ruffed and Canada Grouse 



[Bonasa nmbellus, Canace canadensis]. <^ Forest and Stream, xi, Sept. 19, 



1878, p. 131. 



1S78. " Ruffed Grouse." Habits of the Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa nmbellus]. < For- 

 est and Stream, x, 1878, pp. 215, 274. See pp. 76, 117. 

 Letters also from "Awahsoose" (E. E. Robinson), and "D. C. M." 

 1878. " Saxger." Two Sides to the Question [of preponderance of males over females 



in Bouasa umbellus]. <^ Forest and Stream, ix, Jan. 31, 1878, p. 489. 

 1878. ''SxAPSHOT." The Grouse Family [Tetraonidse] of Oregon. <^ San Francisco 

 Chronicle, Jan. 20, 1878. 

 Biogi-aphical. 



1878. Stearxs, R. E. C. The Prairie Chicken in California. <; ^m. iVa/. , xii, No. 2, 



1878, p. 124, 125. 

 Supposed to be Cupidonia — proved afterward to be Pedioecetes. 



1879. Axox. The Partridge fly. <i^ore8f antijS'freani, xi, Jan. 9, 1879, p. 462. 



Discussion by the editor, "Straight-bore" (Morton Robinson), and C. H. Hope, of a para- 

 site of Bonasa umbellus, supposed to belong to genus Hippohosea. 



1879. Axox. The Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus] : a semi-soliloquy. <^ The 

 Oblogist, V, No. 1, July, 1879, p. 1. 

 Poem. 

 1879. Bexdire, C. Notes on the Dusky Grouse (Canace obscurus). <^ The Oologist, 

 iv, No. 12, summer 1879 (extra number), pp. 98, 99. 

 From his paper on Birds of Southeastern Oregon, in Proc. Bost. Nat. Hist. Sac. 



1879. B[rewer], T. M. Not Pinnated Grouse. < Forest and Stream, xi, Jan. 2, 1879, 

 p. 441. 

 Denying that Cupidonia cupido has strayed to the Pacific Slope. 

 1879. B[yers], W. N. The Sage Grouse [Centrocercus urophasianus]. <^ Forest and 



Stream, xi, Jan. 2, 1879, p. 440. 

 1879. B[yers],W. N. The Flesh of the Sage Grouse [Centrocercus nropliasianus]. 

 <^Forest and Stream, xii. May 22, 1879, p. 307. 



Eeply to editorial comments on previous article on this topic, the writer protesting against 

 the manner in which the discussion of the question was closed. 



