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bers on the islands to the north of the Strait. No authentic 

 records of its being taken in Ontario or southern Quebec have 

 been seen, and the same statement may be made of Manitoba and 

 westward. 



This bird is found around Hudson Bay, on Melville Peninsula 

 and the Barren Grounds, seldom going further south in winter 

 than Lat. 63° in the interior, but descending along the coast of 

 Hudson Bay to Lat, 58°, and in severe seasons to Lat. 55°. 

 . {Richardson.) North of the Mackenzie to the Arctic coast rather 

 rare. (Ross.) This species is not nearly so plentiful as the Willow 

 Ptarmigan, and we only met with it in any considerable numbers 

 from Horton River Barren Grounds, to the shore of Franklin 

 Bay. Very few nests were found to the eastward of that river or 

 on the coast or " Barrens " of the Lower Anderson. (Macfarline.) 

 This beautiful bird is a common resident of the Alaskan main- 

 land, from Behring Straits to the British border on the east, in- 

 cluding the entire north and south extent of the mainland. 

 (Nelson.) This species is found on all the hills and higher ground 

 along the entire coast region of Alaska. In the interior it is 

 found only on the mountain chains. It is abundant within the 

 Arctic circle down to Kadiak Island. It is the only species of 

 Ptarmigan found on the eastern Aleutian Islands. (Turner.) 

 1 his species is a much less plentiful resident at Point Barrow 

 than the Willow Ptarmigan. It breeds not far from the station, 

 but I never found its nest. (Murdoch.) In crossing Labrador 

 from Richmond Gulf to Ungava Bay, in l8g6, only two young 

 ones were seen, and these were near Ungava Bay, on Sept. 14th. 

 Spreadborough. ) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three specimens ; one taken at Cape Prince of Wales by Mr. 

 F. F. Payne in 1885 ; two taken at Port Burwell, Hudson Strait, 

 by Dr. R. Bell, in 1884. One set of eggs taken at the summit of 

 Chilcoot Pass, Dalton Trail, N.W.T., June 14th, 1898, by Mr. J. B. 

 Tyrrell ; one set of eleven eggs, taken at Ungava Bay, Labrador, 

 June 2ist, 1896, by Mr. F. Boucher, and a set taken at Repulse 

 Bay by Mr. A. P. Low. 



302a. Reinhardt's Ptarmigan, 



Lagopus rupestris reinhardti (Bkehm) Blasius. 1862. 



The only species of the genus that inhabit Greenland, where 

 it occurs equally on the east as on the west coast, found on both 



