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part.— Blakiston, Ibis, 1863, 128, part (Rocky Mountains south to lat. 39°).— 

 Elliot, Monogr. Tetraonidae, 1865, pi. 2S and text, part.— Coues, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1866, 94 (Cantonment Burgwyn, N. Mex.) ; Check 

 List North Amer. Birds, 1874, No. 388, part; ed. 2, 1882, No. 570, part; 

 Birds Northwest, 1874, 425, part (Rocky Mountains south to lat. 37°) ; U. S. 

 Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr. Bull. 5, ser. 2, 1879, 263-266 (breeding habits; 

 descr. nest and eggs; Colorado). — Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, 1873, 186 

 (Colorado; alpine summits). — Bairb, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. North Amer. 

 Birds, iii, 1874, 464, part, pi. 62, fig. 6.— Drew, Auk, i, 1884, 392 (shedding 

 of claws; plumage note). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, 

 No. 304, part ; ed. 2, 1889, No. 304, part (New Mexico, etc. ) .— Bendire, Life Hist. 

 North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 83, part.— Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds British Mus., 

 xxii, 1893, 52, part (New Mexico, Colorado; spec). — Cooke, Colorado State 

 Agr. Coll. Bull. 37, 1897, 70 (Colorado) ; ibid., Bull. 56, app., 1900, 202 (breeds at 

 Breckenridge, Colo.).— Judd, U. S. Biol. Surv. Bull. 24, 1905, 47, 48, part (geogr. 

 range; food; etc.). — Henderson, Univ. Colorado Stud. Zool., vi, 1909, 228 

 (Boulder, Colo., above 8,500 feet).— Sclater, Hist. Birds Colorado, 1912, 145 

 ( Colorado ; resident) . 



L[agopus] leucurus CouES, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 588, part; ed. 5, 

 W03, ii, 749, part.— Ridgway, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 202, part. 



[Lagopus] leucurus CouES, Key North Amer. Birds, 1872, 236, part. — Sharpe, 

 Hand-list, i, 1899, 19, part. 



Lagopus leucura Stejneger, Zeitschr. ges. Om., i, 1884, 92, part. 



Lagopus leucurus leucurus American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, ed. 3, 

 1910, 142, part. — Grave and Walker, Birds Wyoming, 1913, 39 (Wyoming; 

 alpine areas). — Betts, Univ. Colorado Stud. Zool., x, 1913, 192 (Boulder 

 County, Colo., above 9,000 feet). — Saunders, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 14, 

 1921, 58 (Montana; Bitterroot Mountains; St. Marys Lake; Glacier National 

 Park; Teton, Lewis and Clark, and Carbon Counties). — Jensen, Auk, xl, 

 1923, 454 (Sangre de Cristo Mountains, N. Mex.). 



Lagopus leucta-us altipetens Osgood, Auk, xviii, 1901, 189 ("Mount Blaine,'' i.e.. 

 Summit Peak, s. Colorado; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Bailey, Auk, xxi, 1904, 

 351 (upper Pecos River, N. Mex., 9,300-13,300 feet) ; xxii, 1905, 316 (Taos 

 Mountains, New Mexico, above timberline). — Henshaw, Auk, xxii, 1905, 315, 

 in text (correction of type locality). — Warren, Condor, x, 1908, 20 (Boreas 

 Pass, Colo.). — American Ornithologists' Union, Auk, xl, 1923, 517 (Check- 

 list No. 304b) ; Check-list, ed. 4, 1931, 85.— Taverner, Birds Western Canada, 

 1926, 171, in text (distr.) ; Birds Canada, 1934, 160, in text.— Bailey, 

 Birds New Mexico, 1928, 202 (genl. ; New Mexico) .—Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Bull. 162, 1932, 234 (habits; distr.; etc.).— Peters, Check-list Birds of World, 

 ii, 1934, 35.— McCreary and Mickey, Wils. Bull., xlvii, 1935, 129 in text (se. 

 Wyoming; resident) .—Ulke, Can. Alpine Journ., 1934-35 (1936), 79 (Yoho 

 Park, Canada; summer; common). — Alexander, Univ. Colorado Stud., xxiv, 

 1937, 91 (Boulder County, Colo., moderately common, above timberline in sum- 

 mer, down to 9,000 feet in winter; spec). — Niedrach and Rockwell, Birds 

 Denver and Mountain Parks, 1939, 61 (not common resident; habits; Colorado). 

 — ^Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i. No. 1, 1942, 210, (syn; distr.). — 

 Behle, Condor, xlvi, 1944, 72 (Utah). 



[Lagopus] leucurus altipetens Groebbels, Der Vogel, ii, 1937, 238 in text (care of 

 eggs) . 



L[agopus] l[eucurus] altipetens Bailey, Handb. Birds Western United States, 1902, 

 129 (Colorado). 



