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proach to what may now be called the red phase of submit, in having the 
breast, with the entire dorsal surface, including that of the tail, strongly 
tinged with orange-chestnut which is scarcely duller than in examples 
from the coast region. Some of the grayer birds present a general resem- 
blance to zimbelloides, but the ground tint of their plumage is always 
deeper, the dorsal markings richer and blacker, and the under parts very 
much more thickly barred. It is probable that this style of coloration 
will prove to be more or less characteristic of all the Ruffed Grouse inhab- 
iting the region between the Coast Range and the Rocky Mountains. 
50. Pedicecetes phasianellus columbianus ( Ord) Coues. Common 
Sharp-tailed Grouse. — Three specimens, taken at Fort Walla Walla, 
differ considerably from eastern birds. The entire upper parts are darker 
and duller, the usual rusty-ochraceous ground-color being replaced by 
plain wood brown; the dorsal markings, also, are finer, while those of the 
under parts are blacker and more generally distributed, the only immacu- 
late area being the centre of the abdomen. These differences do not seem 
to indicate any approach to true P. phasianellus, which is an altogether 
differently colored bird. They probably have only a local significance, 
but the region in question is so poorly represented by the material to 
which I have had access, that I have not been able to form a definite opin- 
ion on this point. 
LIST OF BIRDS ASCERTAINED TO OCCUR WITHIN 
TEN MILES FROM POINT DE MONTS, PROVINCE 
OF QUEBEC, CANADA; BASED CHIEFLY UPON 
THE NOTES OF NAPOLEON A. COMEAU. 
BY C. HART MERRIAM, M. D. 
Point de Monts is the southward termination of a high rocky 
promontory that separates the river from the Gulf of St. Law- 
rence, on the north shore. It is in latitude 49 0 19' north. The 
country is well wooded, the forests consisting chiefly of spruce 
(both white and black) and balsam . Scattered about are a few 
birches, poplars, cedars, and tamaracks ; and on a sandy terrace 
near the Godbout River is a quantity of the northern scrub pine 
( Pinus banksiana) that here attains a height of thirty and some- 
times forty feet. The region is so far north that not only are the 
oaks and hickories absent, but even the hardy beech and maple 
do not grow here. 
I visited this section of the coast in July, 1881, and again in 
July, 1882 ; and with the observations made at these times I have 
