CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 2I9 



region and inland from Cook inlet in 1902, specimens taken there 

 agreeing with typical osgoodi from the Yukon valley. In 1901 

 Figgins found it to be common and breeding throughout the Kenai 

 peninsula, as did Anderson in 1903. 



298c. Canadian Spruce Grouse. 



Canachites canadensis canace (Linn.) Norton. 1901. 



Northern Minnesota, northern New York, northern New England, 

 New Brunswick, and the Canadian zone of southern and eastern 

 Canada. (A. 0. U. Check-list, Eleventh Supplement.) Many of the 

 eastern, and probably all the Ontario references under C. cana- 

 densis should go here. According to Mr. Fleming, Zepher, Ont., 

 about 45 miles northeast of Toronto is the most southern point in 

 Ontario where this partridge is found. 



299. Franklin Grouse. 



Canachites franklinii (DouGL.) Grant. 1893. 



Northern Rocky Mountains, from northwestern Montana to the 

 coast ranges of Oregon and Washington, and northward in British 

 America, reaching the Pacific coast of southern Alaska, (lat. 60° N.) 

 {A. O. U. List.) This bird inhabits the valleys of the Rocky moun- 

 tains from the sources of the Missouri to those of the Mackenzie. 

 {Richardson.) Saw one near Midway, B.C., in the thick woods, 

 April 1 2th, 1905, and another on the Hope trail, July 8th. A few 

 observed on mountain sides and in thick woods at Cascade and 

 Trail, B.C. in 1902. (Spreadborough.) Abundant in suitable local- 

 ities in the Cariboo district, B.C.; to the northward it will probably 

 intergrade with the Canada grouse as many of the specimens secured 

 showed a decided infusion of canadensis blood, the tail being nar- 

 rowly tipped with fulvous or white. (Brooks.) Throughout the 

 wooded portion of the interior of British Columbia, east of, and 

 including the Coast range to Cassiar. An abundant resident. 

 (Fannin.) 



This grouse was quite common along the line of the Canadian 

 Pacific railway, in the Rocky mountains, in the Bow River pass 

 and westward, in 1885. It is so tame that it is named the "fool 



