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 LOPHORTYX BONAPARTE. 



133. California Partridge. 



Lophortyx californicus (SHAW.). 

 Common on Vancouver Island. Introduced from California. 



DENDRAGAPUS ELLIOT. 



134. Sooty Grouse. 



Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus (RiDGW.). 



Abundant west of Cascade Mountains, including Vancouver Island, Queen 

 Charlotte Islands, and all the larger islands along the coast. 



135. Richardson's Grouse. 



Dendragapus obscurus richardsonii (DoUGL.). 

 An abundant resident east of Cascade Mountains to Rocky Mountains. 



OANACHITES STEJNEGER. 



136. Franklin's Grouse. 



CanacJntes franklinii (DouGL.). 



An abundant resident throughout the wooded portion of the interior east 

 of the Cascade Mountains, from Okanagan to Cassiar. 



BONASA STEPHENS. 



137. Canadian Ruffed Grouse. 



Bonasa umbellus togata (LiNN.). 



An abundant resident east of and including the Cascade Mountains. 

 Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks. 



138. Gray Ruffed Grouse. 



Bonasa umbellus umbelloides ( DOUGL.). 



Rocky Mountain District, Soda Creek and Beaver Pass. Check List of 

 B. C. Birds, 1898. (Fannin.) Okanagan, A. C. Brooks. 



139. Oregon Ruffed Grouse. 



Bonasa umbellus sabini (DouGL.). 



An abundant resident on Vancouver Island and all the larger islands on 

 the coast, and on the Mainland west of Cascade Mountains. 



LAGOPUS BRISSON. 



140. Willow Ptarmigan. 



Lagopus lag opus (LiNN.). 



Northern portion of British Columbia, Dease Lake, Cassiar. (James 

 Porter.) Log Cabin, Atlin. (Fletcher and Englehardt.). 



