Grouse 



297. Dusky Grouse (Vendragapus obscurus). L. 

 (J", 20, ¥. i8. Ad. (^. Gray tail-hand aver one inch 

 wide on miJdle featlier; below gray.sh slate; above 

 blackish with fnierusLy and grayish markings. AJ. 

 ?, With more while below; foreback regularly barred 

 with buffy,- middle tail-feathers irregularly barred with 

 buff or grayish; terminal gray band finely marked with 

 black. Notes. A loud, ventriloquial, hooting or boom- 

 ing. 



Range, — "Rocky Mountains, from cenlra! Montana and southeastern 

 IdJho ti) New Me.xltu anJ Arizona; east to the Black Hills. Souih Da- 

 kota and west to East HumboUl MuuLiljins. Nevada." (A. O. U.) 



297a. Sooty Grouse (O. o. fultgmosus). Similar 

 to No. 297, but slightly darker, gray band on central 

 tail feather iess than one inch wide. 



Range,— "NonhMiest Coast Mountains, from California to Sitka, east 

 tQ Nevada, WEE tarn Idaho and portions of British Columbia." (A.O.U.) 



297b. Rinhardson Grouse (O. o. rkhardsomi). 

 Similar to No. 2973, but «3 tail band, or, if showing 

 indistinctly from above, not visible from below. 



Rangp,— "Rnrlty Mmintains fspecl.-jlly on the eastern slopes, from 

 central Montana, northern Wyoming and sniitherTstern Idaho, Into 

 Briiish America to Llard River." (A. O. I],) 



298. Hudsonian Spruce Grouse (Canachitss cana- 

 densis). L, 15. Ad. 1^. Tail-feathers tipped with 

 brown; foreback margined with bluish gray. Ad. 9. 

 Ahovp, bases of feathers more or less barred with rusty 

 especially on foreback; throat and breast barred with 

 rusty and black; belly as in male. Notes. A drumming 

 sound produced by the beating of the wings. fBen- 

 dire.) 



Range. — Labrador and Hudson Bay region, 



298b. Alaska Spruce Grouse (C. c. osgoodi). Ad. 

 cf. Similar to y^rf, (j^ of No. i!r)8c, but margins to 

 feathers of foreback brownish ashji. Ad. 9 ■ Similar 

 to Ad. $ of No. 29SC, but paler, barred with buff in- 

 stead of rusty. 



Range .^Alaska , 



298o. CanaiJa Grouse (C. c. canace). Ad. c?. 

 Similar to Ad. ^f of No. 298. Ad. 9. Similar to Ad. 

 $ of No. 298, hilt ;ihove more rusty, rusty bars deep- 

 er and more conspicuous, showing throughout upper 

 surface and un flankb. 



Rang'e,—Nnrthern Nev England, northern New York, New Bruns- 

 wick, iNova Scoiia and Quebec west to nonhern Minnesota. 



299. Franklin Grouse (Canachites /ranklim'i). Re- 

 sembles No. 29S, bjt tail without brown tips, some- 

 times tipped with white. 



Range, — "Northern Rocky Mountains, from northwestern Montana to 

 the coast ranges of Oregon and WasliingJon. and northward In Britl5ti 

 Amerlca.riaching the Pacific coast of southern Alaska (latitude 60° } ." 

 (A. O. U.) 



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