CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 201 
it has been taken in the valley of Lake St. John. (Dionne.) 
Reported as being found on the market at Sault Ste. Marie by 
Mr. Bampton. (Mcllwraith.) Only one observed during the trip 
to Labrador in 1896. This specimen was shot, June 18th, a short 
distance south of Fort George. Said to be common at Moose 
Factory and Fort George in winter. On Oct. 13th, 1896, a speci- 
men was brought to me at Beaumaris, Muskoka Lake, Ont. It 
had been killed within a mile of the place. Shortly afterwards 
I heard of two more being taken by Mr. Fraser, of Port Cock- 
burn, at the head of cake Joseph. Also of one or more at 
Bracebridge and several at Parry Sound. The bird I handled 
was a very dark bird and is evidently to be classed with the 
northern variety. Since the above captures I have not heard 
of any other birds being taken in Muskoka district. (Spread- 
borough.) 
Mr. A. P. Low puts its northern limit in Labrador at Lat. 
57°. It has been killed in winter at Great Whale River. Since 
the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway this bird has been 
seen frequently on the line between Mattawa, on the Ottawa > 
River, and Fort William, west of Lake Superior. It has been sup- 
posed to be the prairie species working east, but its dark colour 
shows that it is the northern bird. It is extremely probable 
that in coming years it will be a common species in the sparsely 
settled parts of Northern Ontario. 
The northern limit of the range ot this grouse is Great Slave 
Lake, on the OIst parallel. It abounds on the outskirts of the 
Saskatchewan plains,and is found throughout the wooded dis- 
tricts of the Northwest Territories. (Achardson.) This grouse 
breeds in the pine forests on both sides of the Lockhart and 
Upper Anderson rivers, where one or two nests were met with. 
(Macfarline.) This birdis mentioned by Dall as a not uncommon 
species at Fort Yukon and for 200 miles down this river to the 
Ramparts, below which it was not found. (Ve/son.) 
BREEDING Notes.—These birds keep in pairs or small flocks 
and frequent the juniper plains all the year. The buds of these 
shrubs are their principal food in winter,as their berries are in 
summer. They generally remain about the same’spot, unless dis- 
turbed ; their flights are short. They frequently walk on the 
ground and when raised will fly to the top of an adjacent tree. 
In June they make a nest on the ground with grass and feathers. 
