32 BENDIRE, on the Habits of the Sooty Grouse. [January 
Pitangus caudifasciatus (2) Ord.). 
Tyrannus dominicensis ( Gme/.). 
Crotophaga ani (Lzzz.). 
Chrysotis leucocephala (Zzzz.). 
Columba leucocephala Zzzz. 
Columbigallina passerina (Zzzv.). 
Zenaida amabilis Lozap. 
Actitis macularia (Zzzz.). 
Arenaria interpres (Zzz.). 
fEgialitis semipalmata (Zozap.). 
Ardea virescens (Zzz7.). 
Sula cyanops Suzdev. 
NOTES ON THE HABITS, NESTS; AND PGGSTOn 
DENDRAGAPOGS, OLS CORUGS \PULMG 
NOSGTS, Wan SOONG GOW sis: 
BY CAPT. CHARLES E. BENDIRE. 
TuE Sooty Grouse, better known on the Pacific coast, how- 
ever, under the names of Blue Grouse and Pine Hen, has a wide 
range of distribution. Ridgway, in his ‘Manual of North 
American Birds,’ gives its habitat as ‘*‘ Mountains near Pacific 
coast from California to Sitka, Alaska.” It is found, however, 
equally abundant in suitable localities throughout the entire inte- 
rior mountain system of the Northwest, as far east at least as the 
western spurs of the Bitter Root Range of Montana, fully Sco 
miles from the sea-coast, throughout the entire Blue Mountain 
and Cascade Ranges of Oregon, as well as through the moun- 
tains of Washington and Idaho Territories, and northern Nevada. 
These birds from the interior, beginning from the eastern foot-hills 
of the Cascade Range (vicinity of Fort Klamath, Oregon), and 
throughout the remaining localities mentioned, are, however, 
much lighter and paler colored than the type specimens of D. 
obscurus fuliginosus Ridgway, which were obtained in the 
vicinity of Sitka, Alaska, but are nevertheless referable to this 
form rather than to D. obscurus (Say). 
