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in the Cariboo district could be referred to this form but some 
specimens were closer to typical wmbellus or to togata. (Brooks.) 
Seen Jat Lake Lebarge, Lower Lebarge and Rink rapids, Yukon. 
We were told at Lower Lebarge that this species was rare there but 
common near Rampart City Alaska. (Bzishop.) 
BREEDING NOTES.—Two nests of this species were taken by the 
writer at Revelstoke, B.C., on the 13th and 18th of May, 1890. 
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. togata. This specimen may be a young 
bird only a year old, and might have changed to true B. umbelloides 
at the next moult. 
300c, Oregon Ruffed Grouse. 
Bonasa umbellus sabint (DouGL.) COUES. 1872. 
A few specimens of this bird were taken about Sitka by Bischoff, 
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 adjoining main- 
land. (Nelson.) 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 in the same covey. 
CXXXI. LAGOPUS Brisson.” 1760. 
301. Willow Ptarmigan. 
Lagopus lagopus (LINN.) STEJN. 1885. 
This species and the rock ptarmigan with their sub-species are 
found throughout the whole northern part of the American con- 
tinent including all the islands on the Atlantic side from Newfound- 
land westward. Both species breed to the north of the thickly 
wooded country but the willow ptarmigan is more southern and 
less elevated in its range. In winter it enters the sub-arctic forest 
