424 Mr. R. Brown's Synopsis of the 



range over the Rocky Mountains, I have examined specimens 

 of both iu Sir W. Jardine's Collection, with the benefit of his 

 extensive knowledge, and can speak positively on the subject*. 



■t- 90. BoNAsiA SABiNii (DougL). Partridge; Ruffled Grouse; 

 Pheasant. 



^91. Oreortyx picTUS (Uougl.). Mountain-Quail. 



I insert this here on the authority of Capt. Prevost's Collec- 

 tion ; but its existence in Vancouver Island is exceedingly 

 problematical, as it is not a bird of the coast-slopes of the 

 Cascades at all, and certainly not of the district to which col- 

 lectors have hitherto confined their researches. 



92. Grus canadensis (L.). Sandhill-Crane. 



-'-QS. Ardea herodias, L. Blue Heron or Crane. 



t94. BoTAURUS LENTiGiNosus (Mont.) . Bittern; Stake- 

 driver. 



95. Aphriza virgata (Gm.). Surf-bird. 



96. H^MATOPUS NIGER, Pall. 



Bachman's Oystercatcher is not a common bird in the southern 

 portion of the island, but much more numerous in the north. 

 About Queen Charlotte's Islands it is very plentiful. In March 

 1866, while rowing along the narrow sounds among these 

 islands, we often saw it. It would sit on the rocks until we 

 could almost touch it; then, uttering a low whistling cry, it 

 would dart off to another skerry, repeating the same manoeuvre 

 over and over again. 



97. Strepsilas MELANOCEPHALUS, Vig. Black-hcadcd Turn- 

 stone. 



t98. Phalaropus HYPERBOREUS (L.). Lobefoot. 



* [That there are two nearly-allied species of this form of Grouse 

 (which has been generically separated by Mr. Elliot as Dendragapus) 

 seems now to be generally admitted ; but it is a question to which the 

 names Tetrao ohscurus, Say, and T. richardsoni, Douglas, respectively 

 belong — Mr. G. R. Gray, in his recent 'List' of OaUina, taking a dif- 

 ferent view of the case from that of Mr. Elliot (cf. Ibis, 1866, p. 213).— 

 Ed.] 



