540 



SCRATCfflNG BIKDS — GALLINiE. 



Bonasa Sabinii, Baird. 

 THE OKEGON GROUSE. 



Tetrao Sabinii, Douglas, Trims. Linn. Soc. XVI. 1829, 137. — Rich. F. Bor. Anicr. H. 



1831, 343. — B.viRD, P. R. Rep. Birds, IX. 031. — Cooper and Slcklev, XII. iii. 



Zool. of W. T. 224. — Lord, Pr. R. Art. Inst. 1864, 123. — Elliot, Mon. Tetraoiiidic, 



plate. 

 Tetrao umhd/iis, Rich , F. Bor. Amcr. II. 1831, 342. —Newberry, Zool. Cal. and Or. Ronte, 



Rep. P. R. R. Snrv. VI. iv. 1857, 94. And of other authors on the West Coast 



speeies (not of Linnivus). 



Sp. CiiAil. Dark oranfje-cliostnut above; the back with conhito ppots of lij:;htor. Be- 

 neath reddish-yellow, transversely barred with dull brown. Tail tipped with gray, and 



•with a siibterniinal bar of lilaek. Broad feathers of the rnfT black. Length, 18 00 ; ex- 

 tent, 23.00; wing, 7 30; tail, C.70; midiUe toe, 2 30. Iris brown; bill and toes horn- 

 color. 



//(//;. Rocky Moinitains to I'acific Coast of Oregon and ^Vashington. Northern Cali- 

 fornia ? 



Altliougli this liird lia.s not yet been obtained in r'alifornia, as far as I can 

 learn, it is so abnndant at the Columbia Eiver and in (Jregon, tliat I think 

 it must inhaljit the northern part of this State, -where there are districts well 

 suited for its habits. It is an inhabitant of the forests, especially those of 

 deciduous trees along streams, and aliout the borders of prairies, I)ut never 

 ventures far from the woods. At times they feed aljout yrain-tields, and 



