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from dark cream to brownish buff. Many arc unmarked ; others 

 are very sparingly speckled with deep reddish brown or purplish 

 brown. They measure from 1-63 to 1*77 in length, and from 1/22 

 to 1-26 in breadth. 



4. [N. America.] Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Yukon, Alaska, 29th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(t7. Lockhart : Smiths. Inst.). 

 4. Fort Yukon, Alaska (S. Jones : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaiv Coll.}. 



1. Fort Resolution. B. R. Eos?, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Carltou, Canada, 21st May (Copt. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Blakistoii}. 



Pedioecetes columbianus (Ord). 



Pedicecetes phasianellus, var. columbianus, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. 



Amer. Birds, iii. p. 436 (1874). 

 Pedioecetes phasianellus columbianus, Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iv. 



p. 630 (1878). 

 PediocaBtes phasianellus columbianus, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, \. 



p. 98, pi. iii. figs. 6-8 (1892). 



Pedioca3tes columbianus, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 83 (1893). 

 Pedioecetes columbianus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 20 (1899). 



The three eggs of the Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse in the 

 Collection are of a dark buff-colour, very minutely speckled with 

 dark brown over the whole shell. They can be matched very closely 

 by some of the eggs of P. phasianellus. They measure respectively : 

 1-65 by 1-2; 1-6 by 1-2 ; 1-65 by 1-18. 



5. Pembina, Dakota, llth June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(E. Coues ; Smiths. Inst.). 



Genus BONASA, Steph. 



Bonasa umbellus (Linn.). 



Tetrao umbellus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 45, tab. ix. fig. 4 (1845-54). 

 Bonasia umbellus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 77. fig. 5 (1855-63). 

 Bonasa umbellus, Ross, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862, p. 283 ; Bendire, Life Hist. 



N. A. Birds, i. p. 59, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1892) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xxii. p. 85 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 21 (1899). 

 Bonasa umbellus, var. umbellus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds. 



iii. p. 448 (1874). 



Bonasa umbellus, var. umbelloides *, iid. t. c. p. 453. 

 Bonasa umbellus, var. sabini, iid. t. c. p. 454. 

 Bonasa umbellus togata, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 64, pi. ii. 



fig. 2. 



Bonasa umbellus umbelloides, id. t. c. p. 67, pi. ii. fig. 3. 

 Bonasa umbellus sabini, id. t. c. p. 08, pi. ii. tig. 4. 

 Bonasa togata, Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 21 (1899;. 

 Bonasa umbelloides, id. t. c. p. 21. 

 Bonasa sabinei,zW. t. c. p. 21. 



* I follow Mr. Grant in uniting all the races of this species. Dr. Sliarpe 

 keeps them separate, but quotes Professor Coues to the effect that B. togata 

 cannot be upheld, though B. umbelloides and B. sabinci are fairly recognizable. 



