78 TETEAONID^. 



B. E. Mass. p. 138 (1870) [Martha's Vineyard and Naushon Isl.] ; 



id. B. E. N. Amer. p. 350 (1881) [part.] ; Coues, Key, p. 583 (1884) 



[part.] ; Breivst. Auk, ii. p. 82 (1885) [Massachusetts]. 

 Cupidonia cupido, var. cupido, Baircl, Bretv., 8( Ridgio. N. Am. B. iii. 



p. 440 (1874) [part.]. 

 Tympanuchus cupido, Ridgio. P. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 355 (1885) ; 



A. O. U. Check-l. p. 175 (1886) ; Ridgiu. Man. p. 203 (1887). 

 Cupidonia cupido brewsteri, Cones, Key, App. p. 884 (1887). 



Adult male. Differs from T. americanus in having the neck-tufts 

 of the male composed of not more than ten lanceolate pointed 

 feathers. 



Adult female resembles the female of T. americanus. 



Hah. Island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Formerly 

 Long Island, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania.) 



a,h, S 9- ^d. sk. Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Jan. Purchased. 



2. Tympanuchus americanus. 



La Gelinote hup6e d'Am(5rique, Briss. Orn. i. p. 212 (1760). 



Tetrao cupido, Wils. (nee Linn.) Am. Orn. iii. p. 104, pi. 27. fig. 1 

 (1811) [Kentucky] ; Bo7iap. Tr. Am. Phil. Soc. iii. p. 392 (1830) 

 [Missouri and Oregon?] ; Nutt. Man. Orn. i. p. 662 (1832) [part., 

 Pennsylvania ?, Kentucky, «&c.] ; Schim, Nat. Ahhild. Viig. p. 277, 

 pi. lOo (1833) ; And. Orn. Biog. ii. p. 490, pi. 186 (1834) ; Koch, 

 Wieqm. Arch. Nat. 1836, p. 159 ; And. Am. Orn. v. p. 93, pi. 296 

 (1842) ; Reich. Aves, Gallin. pi. 217. figs. 1896-98 (1849) ; Max. 

 J.f. O. 1858, p. 439 ; Pelz. Ibis, 1873, p. 120, 



Cupidonia amerieana, Reichenh. Nat. Syst. Vog. p. xxix (1852) ; 

 Bonap. C. R. xlv. p. 428 (1857). 



Cupidonia cupido, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 628 (1860) [part.] ; Fitz. Atl. 

 Nat. Vog. fig. 244 (1864); Elliot, P. Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 23; 

 id. Mon. Tetr. pi. xvi. (1865) ; Dress. Ibis, 1865, p. 315, & 1866, 

 p. 26 [Texas] ; Snow, B. Kansas ed. 3, p. 11 (1875) ; Rob. <§• Benn. 

 Nutt. Orn. C. v. p. 18 (1880) [Minnesota] ; Mayn. B. E. N. Amer. 

 p. 350 (1881) [part.] ; Breivst. Nutt. Orn. C. vii. p. 59 (1882) 

 [Variety from Iowa] ; Nehrl. Nutt. Orn. C. vii. p. 175 (1882) 

 [Texas]; Copies, Key, p. 583 (1884) [part.] ; Bretv, Auk, ii. p. 17 

 (1885) [Colorado]; Nehrl. J. f. O. 1885, p. 142 [Illinois]; Agersb. 

 Auk, ii. p. 285 (1885) [Dakota] ; Smith, Auk, iii. p. 139 (1886) 

 [Columbia]. 



Bonasa cupido, Gray, List B. pt. v. Gall. p. 88 (1867) ; id. Hand-l. B. 

 ii. p. 277 (1870) ; Meyer, Vog.-Skel. pi. cxxvii. (1888-89). 



Cupidonia cupido, var. cupido, Baird, Brew., 8^ Ridgw. N. Am. B. iii. 

 p. 440 (1874) [part.]. 



Cupidonia pinnata, Brewst. Auk, ii. p. 82 (1885) [from Illinois west- 

 ward]. 



Tympanuchus pinnatus, Ridgiv. P. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 355 

 (1885). 



Tympanuchus americanus, Ridgw. Auk, iii. p. 132 (1886) ; A. O. U. 

 Check-l. p. 175 (1886) ; Seton, Auk, iii. p. 153 (1886) [W. Mani- 

 toba] ; Ridgw. Man. p. 203 (1887) ; Eversm. Auk, v. p. 349 (1888) 

 [Indiana] ; Thompson, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 614 (1891) 

 [Manitoba]. 



