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in the Cariboo district could be referred to this form but some 

 specimens were closer to typical umbellus or to togata. {Brooks.) 

 Seen (at Lake Lebarge, Lower Lebarge and Rink rapids, Yukon. 

 We were told at Lower Lebarge that this species was rare there but 

 common near Rampart City Alaska. {Bishop.) 



Breeding Notes. — Two nests of this species were taken by the 

 writer at Revelstoke, B.C., on the 13th and i8th of May, 1890, 

 Both nests were in the same situation, on a burnt hillside beside a 

 fallen log. One contained six and the other seven eggs. Both sets 

 were quite fresh, but in each case the old bird rose from the nest or 

 near it. All the birds shot around Revelstoke were of this form, 

 except one which is good B. togata. This specimen may be a young 

 bird only a year old, and might have changed to true B. umbelloides 

 at the next moult. 



300c. Oregon Ruffed Grouse. 



Bonasa umbellus sabini (Dougl.) Coues. 1872. 



A few specimens of this bird were taken about Sitka by Bischoff, 

 and others have been found in British Columbia, so that there is no 

 doubt it occurs along the northwest coast as far as the heavily 

 wooded region in the vicinity of Kadiak and the adjoining main- 

 land. {Nelson.) One of the most abundant birds of the coast 

 region of British Columbia, including all the islands in the Gulf of 

 Georgia, Vancouver island and Queen Charlotte islands. To me 

 this form is quite distinct, but yet I have been told by sportsmen 

 that three varieties have been found in the same covey. 



CXXXL LAGOPUS Brisson. 1760. 



301. Willow Ptarmigan. 



Lagopus lagopus (Linn.) Stejn. 1885. 



This species and the rock ptarmigan with their sub-species are 

 found throughout the whole northern part of the American con- 

 tinent including all the islands on the Atlantic side from Newfound- 

 land westward. Both species breed to the north of the thickly 

 wooded country but the willow ptarmigan is more southern and 

 less elevated in its range. In winter it enters the sub-arctic forest 



