CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. I99 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One specimen, a male taken at Hastings, B.C., April 20th, 1889, 

 by Mr. W. Spreadborough. Two eggs taken on Vancouver 

 Island by Rev. George Taylor. 



ae'TS. Richardson's Grouse. 



Dendragapus obscurtis richardsonii (Dougl) Ridgw. 1885. 



For a notice of the occurrence of this species in Ontario I am 

 indebted to Mr. C. J. Bampton, of Sault Ste. Marie, who has fre- 

 quently seen it brought into market at that place. {Mcllwraith.) 

 This large grouse inhabits the Rocky Mountains up to Lat. 64°. 

 {Richardson.) North to Fort Halkett on the Mackenzie River ; 

 only in the mountains. {Ross.) Seen along the trail from Jasper 

 House to Camp River, B. C. ; also at timber line on the moun- 

 tains in the summer of 1898. {Spreadborough.) East of the Coast 

 Range, including the Rocky Mountain districts. An abundant 

 resident. {Fannin.) This species was found to be a common 

 resident of the interior, and takes the place of the Sooty Grouse. 

 {Streator.) 



This species is general throughout the mountains from the east 

 side of the Coast Range to the eastern foothills of the Rocky 

 Mountains in Alberta. It is found in company with Franklin's 

 Grouse at from four to seven thousand feet altitude, and in 

 British Columbia even lower. 



Breeding Notes.— One nest of this species was taken on the 

 slope of the mountain near Revelstoke, B.C. It was placed 

 on the ground close to a partly rotten log, and the nest was made 

 chiefly of dead wood. There were six eggs perfectly fresh on 

 May 22nd, 189O, when the nest was discovered, and from the con- 

 stant calling and drumming both this and the Gray Ruffed 

 Grouse must have been quite plentiful. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three ; one a fine male, taken in the Bow River Valley, Alberta, 

 in June, 1882, by Mr. R. G. McConnell ; the others, a female, 

 taken on the mountain at Spence's Bridge, B.C., May 28th, 1889, 

 and a fine male taken at Revelstoke, B.C., May 2nd, 1890, by Mr. 

 W. Spreadborough. Six eggs taken at Revelstoke, B.C., May 

 22nd, 1890, by the writer. 



