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statements of the various observers it will be seen that the range 
of the Gray Ruffed Grouse and the Canadian Ruffed Grouse are 
not well defined, and that these forms are so closely related that 
Mr. Seton-Thompson’s line of demarcation seems to be the true 
test of the form, or rather colour, and that the resident of the 
aspen woods is Sb. wmbelloides, while that of the spruce forests is 
B. togata. This leaves the true B. wmbellus on the Atlantic coast 
and £4. sabint on the Pacific coast. 
BreFpinc Notes.—Two nests of this species were taken by 
the writer at Revelstoke, B.C., on the 13th and 18th of May, 18g0. 
Both nests were in the same situation, on a burnt-hillside beside 
a fallen log. One contained six and the other seven eggs. 
Both sets were quite fresh, but in each case the old bird rose 
from the nest or near it. All the birds shot around Revelstoke 
were of this form, except one which is good B. éogata. This 
specimen may be a young bird only a year old, and might have 
changed to “rue B. umbelloides at the next moult. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two fine specimens taken at Revelstoke, B.C., April 12th, 1890, 
and another at Edmonton, Alberta, April 20th, 1897, all three by 
Mr. W.Spreadborough. One set of six eggs taken at Revelstoke, 
B. C., May 18th, 1890, by the writer. 
300c. Oregon Ruffed Grouse. 
Bonasa umbellus sabint (DouGu.) COouEs. 1872. 
A few specimens of this bird were taken about Sitka by Bis- 
choff, and others have been found in British Columbia, so that 
there is no doubt it occurs along the northwest coast as far as the 
heavily wooded region in the vicinity of Kadiak and the adjoin- 
ing mainland. (JVelson.) One of the most abundant birds of the 
coast region of British Columbia, including all the islands in the 
Gulf of Georgia, Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Islands. 
To me this form is quite distinct, but yet I have been told by 
sportsmen that three varieties have been found inthe same covey. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two fine specimens presented to the Museum by Mr. John 
Fannin, taken on Vancouver Island, 1885. Five eggs taken on 
Vancouver Island May 23rd, 1882, by the Rev. George Taylor. 
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