CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 22g 



James Porter. (Fannin.) Resident on mountain tops; the only 

 species of ptarmigan observed in the Cariboo district in winter. 

 (Brooks.) Chapman refers summer specimens collected by Osgood 

 at Glacier bay and White pass to true leucurus, Cook inlet specimens 

 to peninsularis. 



Breeding Notes. — ^This species was found on the summits of 

 all the western mountains which have been ascended by the writer. 

 On July 1 8th, 1887, a hen bird with a brood of chicks was found at 

 an altitude of 6,000 feet on Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver island; 

 on August 8-1 2th, 1889, numerous broods were seen on the Gold 

 range, B.C., at an altitude pf 7,500 feet; on August 24th, 1885, three 

 large broods were seen on the summit of Avalanche mountain, 

 near Glacier, B.C.; and lastly a brood was seen on the summit of 

 Sulphur mountain, close to Banff, Rocky mountains, on September 

 ist, 1897. In all the cases cited, the birds were quite tame and the 

 chicks had no apparent fear. In only one case was the nest found. 

 It was a slight depression by a large stone with a lining of grass and 

 a few feathers. 



304a. Kenai White-tailed Ptarmigan. 



Lagopus leucuriis peninsularis Chapman. 1902. 



Described from twenty-six specimens collected by Figg|ns in the 

 Kenai mountains, Alaska. 



One specimen taken at Bear creek. Cook inlet, Alaska ; said to be 

 found in a few restricted localities in the mountains on the northwest 

 side of Lake Clark, Alaska peninsula. (Osgood.) 



CXXXII. TYMPAISUCHUS Gloger. 1842. 



305. Prairie Hen. Pinnated Grouse. 



Tympanuchus americanus (Reich.) Ridgw. 1886. 



In the first week of May, 1886, one specimen was shot on Hamilton 

 beach; from various sources I have learned that this species is still 

 seen along the southwestern frontier of Ontario, but their numbers 

 are decreasing. (Mcllwraith.) Mr. Fleming does not beUeve that 

 the specimen recorded by Mcllwraith was a native bird or that it 

 ever came as far east as Lake Ontario. Mr. E, T. Seton in his Birds 



