18 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Klamath was the first point at which I obtained undeni- 

 able proof of its presence. The grouse of this region, 

 while referable as above, do not typically represent the 

 variety sabini, which reaches its maximum of develop- 

 ment, as indicated by depth of color and redness of tint, 

 only on the Pacific slope. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — Moderately common in 

 the John Day River Valley. 



12. Lagopus rupestris (Gmel.) Rock Ptarmigan. 

 British Columbia. John Fannin. — Common resident. 



13. Lagopus leucurus Swains. White-tailed Ptar- 



migan. 

 British Columbia. John Fannin. — Common resident 

 east of the Cascades. 



14. Pediocaetes phasianellus columbianus (Ord.) Col- 



umbian Sharp-tailed Grouse. 



Newberry. — Found as far west and south as the valleys 

 of California. We first found it on a beautiful prairie 

 near Canoe Creek, about fifty miles northeast of Fort 

 Reading. Subsequently, after passing the mountain 

 chain which forms the upper canon of Pit River we came 

 into a level grass-covered plain. On this plain were so 

 many that they afforded us fine sport and an abundance 

 of excellent food. We found them again about the 

 Klamath Lakes and in the Des Chutes Basin quite down 

 to the Dalles. 



Fort Klamath. Lieut. Wittich, 1879. 



Henshaw, 1879. Appears to be entirely absent from 

 eastern California and western Nevada except in the 

 upper districts. About Camp Bidwell the " sharp tails " 

 are sufficiently numerous to afford excellent shooting. 

 Farther north in Oregon, and especially on the grassy 



