2 MUSEUM BULLETIN NO. 7. 



forms and I, therefore, present the following new subspecies for 

 consideration. 



Dendragapus obscurus flemingi new subspecies 

 FLEMING'S GROUSE. 



Named after Mr. J. H. Fleming, C.M.Z.S., in recognition of the value 

 of his ornithological work in Canada. 



Subspecific Characters. Like Dendragapus obscurus richardsoni, with- 

 out terminal tail band, but darker in general coloration even than D. o. fuli- 

 ginosus. 



D. o. richardsoni. 1 D. o. flemingi. 



Back, inter scapulars, and body Back, inter scapulars, and body 



color of rump. Olive-brown to fus- colour of rump. Dusky neutral gray, 

 cous. 



Tail. Fuscous black. Tail feath- Tail. Dusky neutral gray. Tail 



ers cut off sharply and squarely at feathers not having the same chop- 

 end, ped off appearance. Middle and 



several lateral feathers slightly to 

 markedly double-rounded at end. 



Throat patch. Body colour soiled Throat patch. Body colour pure 



creamy white. 2 white. 



Sides of head and spotting of Sides of head and spotting of 



throat patch. Fuscous. throat patch. Between neutral gray 



and deep neutral gray. 



Around neck below throat patch. Around ncek below throat patch. 



Between buffy brown and olive brown Between neutral gray and deep neu- 

 to clove brown, with sometimes a tral gray, deepening in front at lower 

 faint bluish tinge, deepening in front neck to dusky neutral gray, 

 at lower neck to fuscous. 



Breast and underparts. Light Breast and underparts. Between 



mouse gray. neutral gray and deep neutral gray. 



Description of Type specimen. Type, adult male, No. 6651 Museum of 

 the Geological Survey, Department of Mines, Canada. Near Teslin lake, 

 Yukon Territory, October 10, 1912. Clement Lewis, Collector. 



Back, rump, and tail, dusky neutral gray. Central feathers of tail and 

 some lateral ones double rounded at ends. 



Upper tail coverts, fuscous black, finely but sparsely vermiculated with 

 buffish slate. 2 



Scapulars, wings, and upper wing coverts, fuscous, lightening towards 

 wing tip. All, except flight feathers, finely marked with shades between 

 rusty 2 and grayish. 2 Some scapulars with white shaft streaks, widening at 



A11 colour terms except where otherwise stated, from Rldgway's "Colour Standards and 

 Nomenclature," 1912 ed. 



These terms are not from "Ridgway's Colour Standards." 



