October, 1902.] BIRDS OF KEEWATIN. 103 



mens collected at Moose Factory are recorded in the catalogue of 

 birds in the U. S. National Museum collection, and the species doubtless 

 ranges throughout the wooded portions of Keewatin. 



Bonasa umbellus togata (Linn.). Canadian Ruffed Grouse. 



We heard grouse drumming on the Echimamish during the night of 

 June 24, and near the south end of Oxford Lake June 30. We did not 

 note the species again until September 8, on our return trip, when a 

 female was taken on Knee Lake. While making a portage on Trout 

 River, September 9, I heard a grouse drumming, and entering the 

 thicket soon located the bird on its drumming stand, a low rock, and 

 shot it. Within a few minutes, as I carried the dead bodj^ on my hand 

 toward our embarking place, I noticed that its wings had become raised 

 over the back until they were neai'Iy in contact and were firmly fixed in 

 that position, apparently owing to the contraction of the muscles of the 

 wings, which had been exercised so violently. As the body cooled the 

 wings dropped to their normal position. Near the south end of Oxford 

 Lake, September 11, a few were seen, and near Hairy Lake, September 

 15, several were shot, a male and a female of which were preserved. 



Forster recorded the species from Albany Fort and Severn River," 

 and Bell reported it rare as far north as York Factory.* 



Lagopus lagopus (Linn.). Willow Ptarmigan. 



First seen and a fine pair shot on the tundra about 50 miles north 

 of York Factory. Specimens were also taken Jul}^ 24 in the vicinity 

 of Fort Churchill, where the species was rather common. While 

 encamped on Churchill River, about 15 miles above Fort Churchill, 

 early in August, Alfred E. Preble observed them in considerable num- 

 bers. They were rather common on the Barren Grounds south of 

 Cape Eskimo August 3 to 13, where two immature specimens were 

 secured. 



Forster recorded this species from Severn River,'' and Swainson and 

 Richardson state on the authority of Hutchins that 10,000 were cap- 

 tured in a single season at that place.'' James C. Ross recorded it 

 from Port Bowen, Prince Regent Inlet, where it remained as late as 

 November 16, and returned about the middle of March.'' Barnston 

 states that it arrived at Martin Falls, on Albany River, about October 

 20,-'' and that it began to assume its summer plumage about Mai^ch 20, 

 at which time also it departed northward. s" In the interior of Keewatin 

 this species regularly goes south in winter as far at least as Norwaj- 



«Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 393, 1772. 



SEept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-9, App. VI, p. 68c (1880). 



cPhil. Trans., LXII, p. 390, 1772. 



<^Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 351, 1831. 



^Parry's Third Voyage, Appendix, p. 99, 1826. 



/Edin. New Phil. Journal, XXX, p. 256, 1841. 



!7lbid., p. 253, 1841. 



