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tains, n. California). — Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, pt. vi, 1859, 61, 

 part ("pine regions of California"). — Baird, in Cooper, Orn. California, Land 

 Birds, 1870, 526, part (Sierra Nevada south to about lat. 38°). — CouES, Check 

 List North Amer. Birds, 1873, No. 381, part. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. North Amer. Birds, iii, 1874. 522, part (Cisco, 6,000 feet. Emigrant Gap, 

 5,800 feet, etc., and up to 9,000 feet, Sierra Nevada). 



[Tetrao] ohscurus Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, 1872, 283, part. 



Canace obscura Ridgw^ay, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, 1874, 174 (e. slope Sierra Nevada, 

 near Carson, Nev.) ; Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 598, part (e. slope Sierra Nevada, 

 near Carson, Nev.); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 196, part; Norn. North 

 Amer. Birds, 1881, No. 471, part.— Mearns, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 

 197 (Fort Klamath, se. Oregon).— Beldi no, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1S79, 438 

 (summit of Sierra Nevada, lat. 39° ; Big Trees of Calaveras County, Calif., etc.; 

 habits).— CouES, Check List North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1882, No. 557, part. 



C[anace] obscura Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, No. 579, part. 



Canace obscurus Bendiee, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1877, 137, part (Camp 

 Harney, se. Oregon ; habits, etc. ; descr. nest and eggs). 



Canace fuliginosus Bendire, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xviii, 1875, 163 (Camp 

 Harney, Oreg.). 



Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus (not Canace obscura, var. fuliginosa Ridgway) 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, No. 297a, part ; ed. 2, 

 1895, No. 297a, part.— Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 200 (Mount 

 Shasta; Alount Lassen).— Merrill, Auk, v, 1888, 145 (Fort Klamath, se. 

 Oregon). — Bendire, Auk, vi, 1889, 32, part (range, breeding habits, etc.) ; Life 

 Hist. North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 43, part, pi. 1, figs. 16-19).— Ray, Auk, 

 XX, 1903, 182 (Lake Valley, centr. Sierra Nevada, 6,500 feet). — Stone, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1904, 580 (Mount Sanhedrin, Mendocino County, 

 Calif.). — Ferry, Condor, x, 1^08, 40 (Yolla-Bolly Mountains, n. California).— 

 Kellogg, Univ. California Publ. Zool., xii, 1916, 380 (Hay Ford, n. California). 



D[endragaptis] obscurus fuliginosus Ridgway, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 

 196, part. 



[Dendragapus obsciiitts] subsp. a. Dendragapus fuliginosus Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xxii, 1893, 75, part (Fort Klamath, Oreg.; North Honey 

 Lake, Calif.). 



Dendragapus fidiginosus Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxii, 1893, 75, 

 part. 



[Dendragapus] fuliginosus Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 20, part. 



Dendragapus obscurus sierra: Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xx, 1904, 

 159 (Echo, El Dorado County, Calif.; coll. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.).— American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Auk, xxi, 1904, 412; Check-list, ed. 3, 1910, 138. — 

 Ray, Auk, xxii, 1905, 365 in text, 366 (centr. Sierra Nevada at 7,500 feet).— 

 Willett, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 7, 1912, 43, part (Sierra Nevada, Calif.). — 

 Wyman and Burnell, Field Book Birds Southwestern United States, 1925, 

 88 (descr.). — Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., xxxviii, 1932, 268 (type 

 loc. ; crit.). 



Dendragapus obscurus sierrae Willett, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 7, 1912, 43 (sv/. 

 California). — Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 8, 1912, 10 (California) ; No. 

 11, 1915, 60, part (Coast Range from Mount Shasta to Mount Sanhedrin, and 

 Sierra Nevada; Warner Moutains, Modoc County, Calif.). — Kellogg, Univ. 

 California Publ. Zool., xii, 1916, 380 (Callahan, North Fork Coffee Creek, Sum- 

 merville, head of Rush Creek, head of Bear Creek, etc., n. California; crit.). — 

 Grinnell, Bryant, and Storer, Game Birds California, 1918, 544, part (descr. ; 

 habits, distr. in California; col. plate). — Dickey and van Rossem, Condor, xxv, 

 1923, 168 (crit.).— Dawson, Birds California (stud, ed.), iii, 1923, 1590 (genl.; 



