SPECIES NOT FOUND IN WASHINGTON. "967 
B. C. No. 9. 
ALPINE THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 
A. O. U. No. 401 b. Picoides americanus dorsalis Baird. 
Description.—Similar to P. a. fasciatus (q. v. p. 430) but ccntral confluence of white 
bars still more pronounced or complete,—back thus uninterruptedly white throughout its 
length centrally; white spotting on wings reduced, not extending to coverts. 
General Range.—Rocky Mountain region from Arizona and New Mexico north to 
southern British Columbia. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—This is the resident form of the southern and 
eastern portion of the Province but I have never encountered it as far west as Okanogan. 
B. C. No. ro. 
GRAY RUFFED GROUSE. 
A. O. U. No. 300b. Bonasa umbellus umbelloides (Dougl.). 
Description.—Similar to B. u. togata (qg. v. p. 583) but upperparts more strongly and 
more uniformly gray. The hen is more rufescent than the cock and the latter does not 
appear to exhibit the same tendency to dichromatic variation (i. e. with gray or brown 
plumage) which characterize both B. wmbellus and B. u. togata. 
General Range.—Rocky Mountain region of the United States and British America 
west to Alaska, east to Manitoba, inosculating with B. wu. togata along western border of 
Be |G. range: 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—Theoretically confined to the eastern half of the 
Province. Very pale examples have been taken at Quesnelle and others nearly as pale and 
gray at Okanagan, but these pale gray forms may crop up at any locality where the char- 
acter of the country and the climate favours a palely-coloured race. 
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WILLOW PTARMIGAN. 
A. O. U. No. 301. Lagopus lagopus (Linn.). 
Description.—Adults in winter: Tail-feathers except central pair black, tipped with 
white; remaining plumage entirely pure white. Adult male in summer: “Head and fore- 
parts rich chestnut or orange-brown, more tawny-brown on back and rump; the richer brown 
parts sparsely, the tawny-brown parts more closely, barred with black; most of the wings 
and the underparts remaining white’ (Coues). Adult female in summer: Similar but only 
the wings remaining white; coloration more tawny than in male and more heavily, uni- 
formly, and closely barred with black. Length 15.00-17.00; wing 7.50-8.00; tail 5.50. 
Recognition Marks.—Small crow size; tail (except central pair of feathers) always 
black; to be known from succeeding by larger size and by lack of transocular dusky stripe. 
Nesting.—West: on the ground. Eggs: 6-12, warm buffy as to ground, boldly blotched 
and marbled with dark burnt sienna, nearly black. Av. size, 1.75 x 1.24. 
General Range.—Of circumboreal distribution, Europe, Asia and North America; in 
the latter south casually to New England and Sitka, Alaska; breeding from about Lat. 55 
north to the limit of trees. 
Occurrence in British Columbia.—Common in Atlin. A specimen in the Provincial 
Museum from Beaver Pass (near Barkerville) appears to be the most southerly record for 
the Province. 
BC NO. 12. 
ROCK PTARMIGAN. 
A. O. U. No. 302. Lagopus rupestris (Gmel.). 
Description.—A dult in winter: Asin L. lagopus but a blackish transocular or (at least) 
loral stripe. Adult in summer: Underparts, except breast and sides, and wings pure white; 
remaining plumage (except black tail) heavily and coarsely barred brownish black and 
ochraceous. Length 13.00-14.75; wing 7.00-7.50; tail 4.50. 
Recognition Marks.—Teal size; smaller than Willow Ptarmigan; transocular stripe 
distinctive. 
