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5. Inverness-shire {Hargitt Coll.). Seebohra Coll. 



1. Sweden. S. 0. Sahlin, Esq. [P.]. 



2. bweden. SalTiii-Godman Ootl. 



1. Sweden {H. W. Wheelwright: Seebohm Coll. 



Sargitt Coll.). 

 5. Russian Lapland {J. Wolley). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Lapland, 8th March (/. W.). Salvln-Godman Coll. 



1. Lapland (^. iVe!«iore). Sal vin-Godman Coll. 



3. Livoma {Rmsow). Seebohm Coll. ] 

 5. Pomerania, 16th May ( T. Holland) . Seebohm Coll. 



2. Pomerania, 8th May {T. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus CAWACHITES, Stejn. 

 Canachites canadensis {Unn.). 



Tetrao canadensis, Ross, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862, p. 283. 



Canace canadensis, var. canadensis, Baird, Brewer & Ridmv. N. Amer. 



Birds, iii. p. 416 (1874). 

 Dendragapus canadensis, Bendire, Life Hist, N. A. Birds, I. p. 51, pi i. 



figs. 20-23 (1892). 

 Canachites canadensis, Gh-ant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 69 (1893) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 19 (1899). 



■ The eggs of the Canada Grouse are of a reddish-buff colour, spotted 

 and boldly blotched with deep chocolate-brown. The specimens in 

 the Collection measure from 1-52 to 1'75 in length, and from 1'12 

 to 1-2 in breadth. 



1. N. America. Purchased of Warwick. 



1. N. America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Fort Rae, Gt. Slave Lake Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {Henshaw Coll.). 



1. Mackenzie Eiver District. B. R. Rosa, Esq. [P.], 



2. Rocky Mountains, British N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



Columbia (J. K. Lord). 



Genus DENDRAGAPUS, Elliot. 

 Sendrag'apus richardsoni (Dougl.). » 



Tetrao obscurus. Lord, Proc. R. A. Inst., Woolwich, iv. p. 339 (1866). 

 Bendragapus obscurus, var. richardsoni, Baird, Brewer <^ Ridgw. N. 



Amer. Birds, iii. p. 427 (1874) ; Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. 



p. 50 (1892) *. 

 Bendragapus richardsoni. Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 76 (1893) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 20 (1809). 



The two eggs of Richardson's Capercailzie in the Collection are 

 of a creamy-buff colour, thickly sprinkled all over with smaU 

 spots and irregular marks of pale rufous brown. They measure 

 respectively : 1-82 by 1-25 ; 1-83 by 1-28. 



2. Rocky Mountains, British Co- N, Amer, Bound. Comm. 



lumbia (J. K. Lord). 



* The eggs of the allied species, D. fuliginosus, are figured by Bendire, t. c. 

 pi. i. figs. 16-19. 



