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 LOPHORTYX Bonaparte. 



133. California Partridge. 



Lophorlyx oali/ornious (Shaw.). 

 Common on Vancouver Island. Introduced from California. 



DENDRAG-APUS Elliot. 



134. Sooty Grouse. 



Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus (Ridqw.). 

 Abundant west of Cascade Mountains, including Vancouver Island, Queen 

 Charlotte Islands, and all the larger islands along the coast. 



135. Richardson's Grouse. 



Dendragapus obscurus riohardsonii (Dougl.). 

 An abundant resident east of Cascade Mountains to Rocky Mountains. 



OANACHITES Stbjneger. 



136. Franklin's Grouse. 



Ganachites franklinii (Dougl.). 



An abundant resident throughout the wooded portion of the interior east 

 of the Cascade Mountains, from Okanagan to Cassiar. 



BONASA Stephens. 



137. Canadian Ruflfed Grouse. 



Bonasa umbellus togata (Linn.). 



An abundant resident east of and including the Cascade Mountains. 

 Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks. 



138. Gray Ruflfed Grouse. 



Bonasa umbellus umbelloides (DouGL.). 



Rocky Mountain District, Soda Creek and Beaver Pass. Check List of 

 B. C. Birds, 1898. (Fannin.) Okanagan, A. C. Brooks. 



139. Oregon Ruflfed Grouse. 



Bonasa umbellus sabini (DoUGL.). 

 An abundant resident on Vancouver Island and all the larger islands on 

 the coast, and on the Mainland west of Cascade Mountains. 



LAGOPUS Brisson. 



140. WUlow Ptarmigan. 



Lagopus lagopus (Linn.). 

 Northern portion of British Columbia, Dease Lake, Cassiar. (James 

 Porter.) Log Cabin, Atlin. {Fletcher and Englehardt.). 



