CANACHITES. DENDEAGAPrS. Zi 



5. Inverness-shire (Haryitt Coll.). Seebohni Coll. 



1. Sweden. S. O. Salilin, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Sweden. Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



1. Hvfeden ( H. W. WIif'elwn'(/ht : Seebohm Coll. 



IIar//ift Coll.). 

 5. Russian Lapland (J. Wolley). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Lapland, 8th March (J. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. 'i-i?i]\\a,nA {A. Xeu'to)t). Salvin-dodman Coll. 



3. Livonia (liussoir). Seebolun Coll. 

 5. Pomerania, loth May (T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Pomerania, 8th May {T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus CANACHITES, Stejn. 

 Canachites canadensis {Linn.). 



Tetrao canadensis, Boss, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862, p. 283. 



Canace can.adensis, uar. canadensis, Baird, Brewer ^ Bidgiv. N. Amer. 



^iVf^s, iii. p. 416(1874). 

 Deudragapus canadensis, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 51, pi. i. 



%s. 20-2:3 (1892). 

 Canachites canadensis. Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 69 (1893) ; S/iarpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 19 (1899). 



The eggs of the Canada Grouse are of a reddish-buff colour, spotted 

 and boldly blotched with deep chocolate-brown. The specimens in 

 the Collection measure from 1-52 to 1'75 in length, and from 1*12 

 to 1*2 in breadth. 



1. N.America. Purchased of Warwick. 



1, N. America (Smiths. Insf.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Fort Rae, Gt. Slave Lake Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {ilenshazv Coll.). 



1. Mackenzie Ptiver District. R. R. Ros*. Esq. [P.]. 



2. Rocky Mountains, British N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



Columbia (/. K. Lord). 



Genus DENDRAGAPUS, Elliot. 

 Dendragapus richardsoni {Dougl.). 



Tetrao obscurus, L^ord, Froc. li. A. Insf., JJ'dohcich, iv. p. 339 (1865). 

 Dendragapus obscurus, var. richardsoni, Baird, Brewer i^- Ridgic. N. 



Amer. Birds, iii. p. 427 (1874) ; Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. 



p. 50 (1892) *. 

 Dendragapus richardsoni, Grant, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxii. p. 76 (1893) : 



S/uirpe, Hand-l. i. p. 20 (1899). 



The two eggs of Richardson's Capercailzie in the Collection are 

 of a creamy-buff colour, thickly sprinkled all over with small 

 spots and irregular marks of pale rufous brown. They measure 

 respectively : 1-S2 by 1-25 ; 1-83 by 1-28. 



2. Rocky Mountains, British Co- N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



lumbia {J. K. Lord). 



* The eggs of the allied species, D.fidiginosus, are figured by Bendire, ;*. c. 

 pi. i. figs. 10-19. 



