10. BONASA. 



a. Imm. sk. 



/>. Ad. sic. 

 C-f. $ ;ul. vt 



*sk. 

 (/. c? ad. sk. 



/i. $ ad. sk. 

 2. I'lill. sk. 



A-. Imm. sk. 



/. 2 imm. t^k. 



m. J ad. sk. 



?i. 2 imm. sk. 



o-r. 2 ad. et imm. 

 sk. 



s-v. Ad. sk. et st. 



Canada. 



Hudson's Bay. 

 Fort Dufreria. 



North Minnesota, Dec. 

 (K jr. Nc/son). 



Atkinson, Nebraslva,.Tan. 



Portneuf Canon, Idaho 

 Territory, Feb. (C. H. 

 Merriam). 



Salt Lake, Utah, Dec. 

 {E. W. Nehon). 



Fort Crook, X. California 

 (■/. Feilner). 



Oak Grove, Oregon, Sept. 

 [H. W. Hemhaio). 



Fort Klamatli, Orefron, 

 Jan. (C. Bendire). 



'\^■alla- Walla, Washing- 

 ton Tenitorv, Oct., 

 lso\.{H. W.liemhaic). 



West side of Rockj 

 Mountains,13i'itish Co- 

 lumbia. 



Government of Canada 

 [P.]. 



Hudson Bay Co. [P.]. 

 N. American Boundaiy 



Commission [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coil. 



G. F. Morcom, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman. Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



J. K. Lord^ Esq. [P.]. 



10. BONASA. 



Ivpe. 

 Bonasa, Stepli. in Shaic's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 298 (1819) . . B. uuibellus. 

 Bonasia, Bonap. Tr. Ain. Phil. ISoc. iii. p. ^89 (1830); 



id. Com}). List B. Eur. p. 48 (1838) B. umbellus. 



Selves similar. 



Tail composed of 18 feathers, rather long, bluntly ■wedge-shaped, 

 the outermost pair being nearly as long as the middle pair. 



1st ])rimary much shorter than the 2nd, and falls between the 

 7tli and 8th ; 4th slightly tlie longest. 



A frilled ruffle of fan-shaped feathers on each side of the neck. 



Tarsus half-feathered, sliortcr tlian middle toe and claw. 



A short crest. Axillarics fairly long, barred black and white. 



liuntje. N. America ; ranging north to Alaska and Labrador, and 

 south to Xorth California and South Carolina. 



1. Bonasa umheUus. 



Pheasant of Pennsylvania, Edwardfi, Phil. Tranc. .\lviii. p. 499, pi. 1.5 



(17.-.4). 

 KuHed Heath-cock or Grous, Edw. Glean, v. p. 79, pi. 248 (1758). 

 La Grosse Gelinoto de Canada, Briss. Oni. i. p. 207, pi. .\.\i. tif I 



(1760); D'Auhrnt. PI. Enl. no. 104. ° 



I.ia Gelinote hupee de Peusilvanie, Bn.^s. Orn. i. p. 214 (1760). 

 Tetrao umbellus, Linn. S. A', i. p. 27.5 (170i>) [Pennsylvania"; Gm. 



S. A', i. pt. ii. ]). 7.")2 (1788) ; L.ath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 6-38 (17!K)) ; 



Wih. Am. Orn. vi. p. 4."), pi. 49 (1812) ; Temm. Piy. et Gall iii' 



pp. 165, 704 (1815) ; Douyhty, Cab. A'. IL i. p. 13, pi. ii. (1830) ; 



