ORDER GALLINyE. Ill 



297 b. Dendragapus obscunis richardsonii (Dougl.). 



Richardson's Grouse. 



Tetrao richardsonii " Sab. MS." Dougl. Linn. Trans. XVI. iii. 



1829, 141. 

 Dendragapus obscurics richardsoni Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



VIII. 188s, 355. 



[B— C38irt, R47i'^, C 558-] 



Geog. Dist. — Rocky Mountains, especially on the eastern slopes, 

 from central Montana, northern Wyoming, and southeastern Idaho 

 into British America to Liard River. 



Subgenus CANACHITES Stejneger. 



Canachites Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 410. Type, 

 Tetrao canadensis Linn. 



298. Dendragapus canadensis (Linn.). 



Canada Grouse. 



Tetrao canadensis \.\vi^. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 159. 

 Dendragapus canadensis Turner, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885, 245. 



[B 460, C 380, R 472, C 555.J 

 Geog. Dist. — British America, east of the Rocky Mountains, 

 and west in Alaska to the Pacific coast at Kadiak and St. Michaels, 

 southeastward to northern Minnesota, northern Michigan, northern 

 New York, and northern New England. 



299. Dendragapus franklinii (Dougl.). 



Franklin's Grouse. 



Tetrao franklinii Dougl. Trans. Linn. Soc. XVI. iii. 1829, 139. 

 Dendragapus franklinii '&.VDQ,w . Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 

 355- 



[B 461, C 380a, R 472a, C 556.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Northern Rocky Mountains, from northwestern 

 Montana to the coast ranges of Oregon and Washington, and north- 

 ward in British America, reaching the Pacific coast of southern 

 Alaska (lat, 60° N.). 



