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Pediocsetes phasianellus campestris. 



PRAIRIE SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. 



This sub-species is said to occur on the Great Plains. 



Centrocercus urophasianus. 



SAGE GROUSE. 



Mr. FANNIN reports that this species occurs occasionally in 

 the open hills along the southern border of British Columbia, and 

 Dr. COUES found it on the Plains between the Milk River-and the 

 Missouri. 



Meleagris gallopavo. 



WILD TURKEY. 



Examples of this species are seen occasionally in Southern 

 Ontario. Mr. SAUNDERS reports a pair nesting in Middlesex 

 County, in 1878, and Dr. GARNIER took one in Kent County, in 

 1884. 



Columba fasciata. 



BAND-TAILED PIGEON. 



A common summer resident of British Columbia. 



Ectopistes migratorius. 



PASSENGER PIGEON. 



The " Wild Pigeon," once so very abundant in all the East- 

 ern Provinces, is now very rare east of Manitoba. It is abundant 

 on the Plains, and rare in British Columbia. Prof. MACOUN met 

 with it in the Saskatchewan Valley ; Dr. BELL found it at York 

 Factory, and DREXLER took one example at Moose Factory. 



