BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 163 



Ind. ; rare). — Goss, Hist. Birds Kansas, 1891, 223 (Kansas, formerly; descr. , 

 eggs).— Hatch, Notes Birds Minnesota, 1892, 160, 452 (Minnesota; habits, 

 etc.). — Bendire, Life Hist. North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 59 part (Minnesota; 

 Arkansas).— Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxii, 1893, 85 part (Indiana, 

 Illinois).— Lantz, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. for 1896-97 (1899) ; 254 (Kansas; 

 rare resident in e. Kansas). — ^Woodruff, Auk, xxv, 1908, 198 (Current River, 

 Sliannon County, Mo.). 



B[onasa] umhellus Ridgway, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., New York, x, 1874, 382 

 (Illinois); Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 197, part (Arkansas).— Hatch, 

 Bull. Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci., 1874, 62 (Minnesota; abundant). — Boies, Cat. 

 Birds Southern Michigan, 1875, No. 147, part (s. Michigan; resident). — Nelson, 

 Bull. Essex Inst, viii, 1876, 121, part (ne. Illinois; common); ix, 1877, 43 (s. 

 Illinois; not common). — Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 5, 1903, ii, 741 

 part. 



Bonasa umbellus, var. umhellus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. North Amer. 

 Birds, iii, 1874, 448, part. — Langdon, Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 1879, 

 15 (Cincinnati, Ohio; resident; spec, from Brookville, Ind.). 



Bonasa umhellus umhelhis American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, ed. 2, 

 1895, 112; ed. 3, 1910, 140, part; ed. 4, 1931, 81, part.— Howell, Auk, xxviii. 

 1911, 232 (Crooked Lake region, Minn.; common). — BETTS,'Auk, xxxii, 1915, 

 238 in text (Ashland County, Wis.); xxxiii, 1916, 438 (Wisconsin; food 

 habits). — EiFRiG, Auk, xxxvi, 1919, 517 (Chicago, 111.). — Johnson, Auk, xxxvii, 

 1920, 544 (Lake County, Minn.; breeds).— Pindar, Wils. Bull., xxxvi, 1924, 

 204 (e. Arkansas). — Wheeler, Birds Arkansas, 1925, 39, xiv (very scarce; 

 last record in 1883). — Schorger, Auk, xlii, 1925, 65 (summer ; Lake Owen, 

 Wis.; habits). — Pierce, Wils. Bull., xlii, 1930, 266 (Buchanan County, Iowa). — 

 Baerg, Univ. Arkansas Agr. Exp. Stat. Bull. 258, 1931, 53 (Arkansas; genl.). — 

 Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 162, 1932, 141, part (hfe hist.).— Roberts, Birds 

 Minnesota, i, 1932, 376 (distr. ; habits; Minnesota). — Bennitt, Univ. Missouri 

 Studies, vii. No. 3, 1932, 25 (eastern Missouri; rare). — Du Mont, Wils. Bull., 

 xliv, 1932, 237 (Iowa; spec). — Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 40, 

 part. — Breckenridge, Condor, xxxvii, 1935, 269 (Minnesota). — Long, Trans. 

 Kansas Acad. Sci., xHii, 1940, 440 (Kansas; formerly common, now extinct). — 

 Pierce, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci., xlvii, 1941, 376 (northeastern Iowa; resident). — 

 Polderboer, Iowa Bird Life, xii, 1942, 50 in text (cover requirements in ne. 

 Iowa).— Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i, No. 1, 1942, 215, part. 



Bonasa ■umhellus togata Currier, Auk, xxi, 1904, 34 (Leach Lake, Minn.; common). 

 — Roberts, Birds Minnesota, i, 1932, 376 part (distr.; habits, etc., Minnesota).— 

 Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i, No. 1, 1942, 214, part. 



B[onasa\ u[mbelliis] togata Conover, Condor, xxxvii, 1935, 206 part (Minnesota). 



Bonasa unihetlus iiiedianus Todd, Auk, ivii, 1940, 394 (Excelsior, Minn.; descr.; 

 distr.; crit.), 396 (distr.). — Hellmayer and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i, 

 No. 1, 1942, 214, footnote. — Aldrich and Friedmann, Condor, xlv, 1943, 92 

 (tax.; descr.; distr.). 



B[onasa] it[)nhelliis] mcdiatiusUTTAL, Auk, Iviii, 1941, 74 in text (tarsal feathering). 



BONASA UMBELLUS MONTICOLA Todd 



App.a.lachian Ruffed Grouse 



Adult (brow^n phase). — Similar to that of Bonasa umhellus umhellus, 

 but the general coloration darker, the underparts more regularly and 

 more heavily barred and more strongly suffused with buffy; the upper- 

 parts more brownish, less rufescent — Prout's brown (instead of cinnamon- 



