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CXXVII. LOPHORTYX. Bonaparte. 1838. 

 294. California Partridge. 



Lophortyx californicus (Shaw) Bonap. 1838. 



Vancouver island. Introduced from California. (Fannin.) They 

 were quite numerous in the autumn of 1 892, but the winter of 1 892-93 

 being very severe a great number died. They have increased 

 rapidly since and in the autumn of 1906 were very abundant 

 near Victoria, Vancouver island. (Spreadborough.) 



CXXVIII. DENDRAGAPUS. Elliot. 1864. 

 297. Dusky Grouse. 



Dendragapus obscurus (Say) Elliot. 1864. 



We have no specimens of this grouse in our collections, nor are 

 we sure that this form occurs in Canada. It is more than probable, 

 however, that it is partly the blue grouse of southwestern British 

 Columbia. In the United States it has been taken in Montana and 

 Idaho and hence may cross the British Columbia boundary. 



297a. Sooty Grouse. 



Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus Ridgw. 1885. 



On my arrival on the coast of British Columbia, in the month of 

 April, 1889, the calls of this species could be heard nearly through- 

 out the day. (Streator.) West of the Coast range, in British 

 Columbia, including all the larger islands, an abundant resident. 

 (Fannin.) Abundant on the western slope of the Coast range, B.C. 

 (Brooks.) Common in all parts of Vancouver island; begins to call 

 about April ist ; quite common at Hastings, B.C., in April, 1889, 

 when it made the woods resound with its almost constant calls. 

 Common along the international boundary from Whipsaw creek 

 west to Chilliwack, B. C, in 1905 ; rare on the mountains along 

 the ChilUwack river, B.C., in 1906. (Spreadborough.) Bischoflf 

 secured seven of these birds in the vicinity of Sitka, and 

 Hartlaub records it from Portage bay. There is no doubt that this 

 bird occurs considerably farther north than Sitka along the coast 

 region. (Nelson.) 



