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THE TEXAS PRAIRIE HEN. 



Cupidonia cupido, Var, pallid icinctus. RIDGWAY. 



. Southwestern Prairies (Staked Plains, 

 Texas ?) In its relations with the C. cupido, this 

 race bears a direct analogy to Pedicecetes columbianus, 

 as compared with P. phasianellus and to Ortyx tex- 

 anus, as distinguished from 0. virginianus. Thus in a much 

 less development of the tarsal feathers it agrees with the 

 southern Pedioecctes, while in paler, grayer colors, and 

 smaller size, it is like the southwestern Ortyx. Baird, 

 Brewer and Hidgway. 



THE MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE. 



Bonasa umbellus, Var, umbelloides. DOUGLAS. 



. In regard to the habits of this variety we 

 have no information. It was found by Mr. Drum- 

 mond among the Rocky Mountains, near the sources 

 of the tributaries of the Saskatchewan. He states that 

 those he met with were at least one-third smaller than the 

 u nt hell us, had a much grayer plumage and a shorter ruffle. 

 He regarded it as a distinct species from the common Par- 

 tridge, which he also encountered in the same locality. 



Mr. Ridgway met with this variety on the Wahsatch 

 Mountains in October and during the summer. It was 

 known in that locality as the Pine Hen, in distinction from 

 the T. obscurus. which was known as the Mountain Grouse 



