52 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 







Lagopus rupestris reinhardti. 



BEINHARDT'S PTARMIGAN. 



This species occurs on the western shores of Cumberland 

 Bay. 



Lagopus leucurus. 



WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN. 



An abundant resident of the eastern slopes of the Cascades. 

 It occurs north to Dease Lake, and south to New Mexico. 



Tympanuchus americanus. 



PRAIRIE HEN. 



This species has lately become common on the Plains of 

 Manitoba, and it occurs, also, in Southern Ontario. 



Pediocaetes phasianellus. 



SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. 



In the A. O. U. check list the habitat of this species is given 

 as " British America, from the northern shores of Lake Superior, 

 and British Columbia, to Hudson's Bay Territory and Alaska." 



Pediocaetes phasianellus columbianus. 



COLUMBIAN SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. 



Mr. FANNIN reports that this form occurs in British Colum- 

 bia, between the Cascades and the Rockies. Mr. THOMPSON 

 reports it very abundant in Manitoba. 



