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tains, n. California). — Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, pt. vi, 1859, 61, 

 part ("pine regions of California"). — Baird, in Cooper, Orn. California, Land 

 Birds, 1870, 526, part (Sierra Nevada south to about lat. 38°).— Coues, Check 

 List North Amer. Birds, 1873, No. 381, part— Baikd, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. North Amer. Birds, iii, 1874, 522, part (Cisco, 6,000 feet, Emigrant Gap, 

 5,800 feet, etc., and up to 9,000 feet. Sierra Nevada). 



[Tetrao] obscurus CouES, Key North Amer. Birds, 1872, 283, part. 



Canace obscura Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, 1874, 174 (e. slope Sierra Nevada, 

 near Carson, Nev.) ; Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 598, part (e. slope Sierra Nevada, 

 near Carson, Nev.); Proc. U. S. Nat. ilus., iii, 1880, 196, part; Nom. North 

 Amer. Birds, 1881, No. 471, part.— Mearns, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 

 197 (Fort Klamath, se. Oregon) .—Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu!., i. 1S79, 438 

 (summit of Sierra Nevada, lat. 39° ; Big Trees of Calaveras Countv-, Calif., etc. ; 

 habits).— CouES, Check List North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1882, No. 557, part 



C[anace] obscura CouES, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, No. 579, part. 



Canace obscurus Bendire, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1877, 137, part (Camp 

 Harney, se. Oregon ; habits, etc. ; descr. nest and eggs). 



Canace fuliginosus Bendire, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xviii, 1875, 163 (Camp 

 Harney, Oreg.). 



Dendragapus obsctirus fuliginosus (not Canace obscura, var. ftdiginosa Ridgway) 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check-hst, 1886, No. 297a, part; ed. 2, 

 1895, No. 297a, part.- Townsenb, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 2C0 (Mount 

 Shasta; Mount Lassen). — Merrill, Auk, v, 1888, 145 (Fort Klamath, se. 

 Oregon). — Bendire, Auk, vi, 1889, 32, part (range, breeding habits, etc.) ; Life 

 Hist. North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 43, part, pi. 1, figs. 16-19).— Ray, Auk, 

 XX, 1903, 182 (Lake Valley, centr. Sierra Nevada, 6,500 feet). — Stone, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1904, 580 (Mount Sanhedrin, Mendocino County, 

 Calif.). — Ferry, Condor, x, 1908, 40 (Yolla-Bolly iloimtains, n. California). — 

 Kellogg, Univ. California Publ. Zool., xii, 1916, 380 (Hay Ford, n. California). 



D[endragapus] obscurus fuliginosiis Ridgway, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1SS7, 

 196, part. 



[Dendragapus obscurus] subsp. a. Dendragapus fuliginosus Ogilvie-Gs.\xt, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xxii, 1893, 75, part (Fort Klamath, Oreg.; North Honey 

 Lake, Cahf.). 



Dendragapus fuliginosus Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxii, 1893, 75, 

 part. 



[Dendragapus] fuliginosus Shaepe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 20, part. 



Dendragapus obscurus sierra Chapman. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xx, 1904, 

 159 (Echo, El Dorado County, Calif.; coll. Amer. Mus. Nat Hist.). — Americax 

 Ornithologists' LTnion, Auk, xxi, 1904, 412; Check-list, ed. 3, 1910, 138. — 

 Ray, Auk, xxii, 1905, 365 in text, 366 (centr. Sierra Nevada at 7,500 feet).— 

 Willeit, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 7, 1912, 43, part (Sierra Nevada, CaUf.). — 

 Wyman and Burnell, Field Book Birds Southwestern United States, 1925, 

 88 (descr.). — Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., xxxviii, 1932, 268 (type 

 Inc. ; crit). 



Dendragapus obscurus sierrae W'lLlxrr, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 7, 1912. 43 (sw. 

 California). — Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 8, 1912, 10 (California) ; No. 

 11, 1915, 60, part (Coast Range from Mount Shasta to Mount Sanhedrin, and 

 Sierra Nevada; Warner Moutains, Modoc County, Calif.). — Kellogg, Univ. 

 California Publ. Zool., xii, 1916, 380 (Callahan, North Fork Coffee Creek, Sum- 

 merville, head of Rush Creek, head of Bear Creek, etc., n. California; crit.). — 

 Grinnell, Bryant, and Storer, Game Birds California, 1918, 544, part (descr. ; 

 habits, distr. in California; col. plate). — Dickey and van Rossem, Condor, xxv, 

 1923, 168 (crit.) .—Dawson, Birds California (stud, ed.), iii, 1923, 1590 (genl.; 



