!l. riODIOCKTIOS. 83 



Frrtnkl. Erp. i. App. p. tiSl) (ISii'i) ; Marrai/, I'r. J'/ii/s. Sor. 



Edinb. ii. p. 49 (1859) [Troutlake Statiou] ; Gray, Iland-l. Ji. ii. 



p. :^7U (1870). 

 Long-tftilecl (ti-ous, Lath. Gen. Si/n. ii. pt. ii. p. 732 (178o), Sujijil- i- 



p. 212 (17S7). 

 Sharp-tailed Urous, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 306 (1785), & i. p. 357 



(1792). 

 Centrocercus phasianellus, Gray, List of B. pt. iii. Gall. p. 46 (1844) ; 



id. List Gallime Brit. Miis. p. 87 (1867). 

 Pediocoetes keunicotti, Suckl. P. Ac. Philad. 18G1, pp. 334, 3()1 



[Fort Kae & Big Island]. 

 PediociCtos phasianellus, ii/f/wf, P. Ac. Philad. 18i>2, p. 403 ; A. O. U. 



Check-l. p. 170 (1886); Ridqw. Man. p. 201 (1887); Tlwmpmn, 



P. U. S. Nat. Mas. xiii. p. 516 (1891) [Manitoba]. 

 Pedicecetes phasianellus, Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 8 1 Forks of the Sas- 

 katchewan], & 1863, p. 124; Dall Sf Bann. Tr. Chicago Ac. i. 



p. 2S7 (1S69) [Nulato to Fort Yukon]; Pdz. Ibis, 1873, p. 37 ; 



C'uKe.s-, Jt7, p. 581 (1884). 

 Pediaecajtes phasianellus, Elliot, Man. Tetr. pi. xv. (1865). 

 Pedicecetes phasianellus, var. phasianellus, Baird, Brew., ^- Ridyw. 



iV.^?n..B. iii. p. 434(1874). 



Adult male and female. Much darker and rather larger than 

 P. coJumhianus ; the black on the upper parts predominates over the 

 rufous, bull', and white markings, the latter being especially con- 

 spicuous on the wing-covcrts and scapulars; the feathers of the 

 chest black, 'svith a white heart-shaped patch in the middle and a 

 white fringe round the margin, while on the rest of the underparts 

 the black markings are much stronger and the feathers on the tarsi 

 are longer. Total length 1(J"8 inches, wing S"4, tail 4-G, tarsus l'"). 



Ilah. Interior of British America, north to Fort Simpson, south 

 to Lake Winnipeg and the north shore of Lake Superior, east to 

 Hudson Bay, and west to the Ilocky Mountains. 



a, b. 5 ad. sk. et st. Fort Simpson. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.l. 



c. 2 fi'd. sk. Fort Resolution, Mav Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Z. Clark). 



d. 2 ad. St. Repulse Bay. Dr. J. Rae [P.]. 



e. (S ad. sk. Northern Land Expedi- Admiral Sii- G. Back [P.]. 



tion. 



Subsp. X. Pediocaetes columbianus. 



Phasianus columbianus, Ord, Guthrie's Geog. (2nd Amor, ed.) ii. 



p. 317 (1815). 

 Tetrao phasianellus, Ord (nee Linn.), Guthrie's Geog. (2nd Amer. 



ed.) ii. p. 317 (1815) ; Bonap. Am. Orn. iii. pi. xix. "(1828) ; Nutt. 



Man. Urn. i. p. 669 (1832) ; Aud. Orn. Biog. iv. p. 569, pi. 382 



(1838) : id. B. Amer. v. p. 110, pi. 298 (1842); Neirb. Rep. P. 



R. R. Sure. vi. pt. iv. p. 94 (1857) ; Cass. U.S. E.rpl. Eij}ed. p. 284 



(ia58) [Oregon]. 

 Tetrao urophasianellus, Dour/l. Tr. Linn. Sac. xvi. p. 130 (1829) 



[R. Columbia .^- X. CaliforniaJ. 

 Centrocercus phasianellus, Jard. Xat Libr., Orn. iv. p. 136, pi. xvi. 



(1834). 



