BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 217 



(descr.; habits; distr.; Canada) .—Larson, Wils. Bull., xl, 1928, 46 (e. McKenzie 

 County, N. Dak.).— Hicks, Wils. Bull, xli, 1929, 43 (Bay Point, Ohio).— Caum, 

 Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., x. No. 9, 1933, 16 (Hawaii; introduced unsuccessfully). 

 — Groebbels, Der Vogel, ii, 1937, 384 in text (infertile eggs). 



[Tympanuchus] americanus Ridgway, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 203, part. — 

 Reichenow, Die Vogel, i, 1913, 320. 



[Tympanuchus] americanus Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 20. 



Tympanuchus americanus americanus American Ornithologists' Union, Check 

 List, ed. 3, 1910, 143.— Barrows, Michigan Bird Life, 1912, 229 (s. Michigan).— 

 BuNicER, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull, vii, 1913, 146 (w. Kansas, mostly). — Visher, 

 Auk, XXX, 1913, 567 (Sanborn County, S. Dak., resident). — Tinker, Auk, xxxi, 



1914, 77 (Clay and Palo Alto Counties, Iowa; nearly exterminated). — Honey- 

 will, Auk, xxxi, 1914, 85 (Minnesota; Cass and Crow Wing Counties). — 

 Cooke, Auk, xxxi, 1914, 478 (Oklahoma; near Caddo; common). — Horsbaugh, 

 Ibis, 1916, 682 (Alix and Buffalo Lake district, Alberta, fairly numerous).— 

 Harris, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 1919, 257 (extirpated in Jackson County, 

 Missouri). — Saunders, Pacific Coast Avif. No. 14, 1921, 58 (Montana; Hervey 

 Beach; spec). — Over and Thoms, Birds South Dakota, 1921, 76. — ^Wood, Misc. 

 Publ. Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool., No. 10, 1923, 35 (Red River Valley, Medora, 

 etc., N. Dak.). — Koelz, Wils. Bull., xxxv, 1923, 38 (Jackson County, Michigan; 

 common). — Mitchell, Canad. Field Nat., xxxviii, 1924, 108 (Saskatchewan; 

 resident) .—Nice and Nice, Birds Oklahoma, 1924, 36 (Oklahoma). — Pindar, 

 Wils. Bull., xxxvi, 1924, 204 (e. Arkansas). — Gabrielson and Jewett, Auk, xli, 

 1924, 297 (Fort Clark, N. Dak.).— Wheeler, Birds Arkansas, 1925, 39, xiv, 

 XX (descr.; nest; eggs; Arkansas). — Larson, Wils. Bull., xxxvii, 1925, 28 

 (Sioux Falls, S. Dak.).— Rowan, Auk, xliii, 1926, 333, pi. xvi (hybrid; Alberta). 

 —Williams, Wils. Bull., xxxviii, 1926, 29 (Red River Valley, N. Dak.).— 

 Taverner, Birds Western Canada, 1926, 172, in text. — Linsdale, Auk, xliv, 

 1927, 52 (Kansas; between Shields and Gove). — Linsdale and Hall, Wils. 

 Bull., xxxix, 1927, 96 (s. of Lawrence, Kans.). — Cahn, Wils. Bull., xxxix, 1927, 

 27 (summer, Vilas Coimty, Wisconsin). — Gardner, Condor, xxx, 1928, 128 in 

 text (eaten by horned owls). — Pierce, Wils. Bull., xlii, 1930, 266 (Buchanan 

 County, Iowa, status). 



Tympanuchus a[mericanus] americanus Lincoln, Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist., 



1915, 6 (Yuma County, Colo., resident). — Stoddard, Wils. Bull., xxxiv, 1922, 72 

 (Sauk Prairie, s. Wisconsin; habits). 



Cupidonia pinnata Brewster, Auk, ii, 1885, 82 (Vermillion, South Dakota; coll. 



William Brewster) .—Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixx, 1930, 155 (type 



spec, in Mus. Comp. Zool.). 

 Tympanuchus pinnatus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 355. 

 Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 41. — 



Van Tyne, Occ Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 379, 1938, 11 (Michigan; 



resident in Lower Peninsula and west in Upper Peninsula to Sidnaw; breeding 



records) .—Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i, No. 1, 1942, 223 (syn. ; 



distr.). 



TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO ATTWATERI Bendlre 



Louisiana Prairie Hen 



Adult. — Similar to that of the corresponding sex and wear of T. c. 

 pinnatus but smaller, darker in general coloration, tawnier above, usually 

 with more pronounced cinnamon-rufous on the neck; light-colored spots 



