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MUSEUM BULLETIN NO. 7 . 
forms and I, therefore, present the following new subspecies for 
consideration. 
Dendragapus obscurus flemingi new subspecies 
Fleming’s Grouse. 
Named after Mr. J. H. Fleming, C.M.Z.S., in recognition of the value 
of his ornithological work in Canada. 
Subspecific Characters. Like Dendragapus obscurus richardsoni, with- 
out terminal tail band, but darker in general coloration even than D. o. fuli- 
ginosus. 
D. o. richardsoni. 1 
D. o. flemingi. 
Back , interscapulars , and body 
color of rump. Olive-brown to fus- 
cous. 
Tail. Fuscous black. Tail feath- 
ers cut off sharply and squarely at 
end. 
Throat patch. Body colour soiled 
creamy white.® 
Sides of head and spotting of 
throat patch. Fuscous. 
Around neck below throat patch. 
Between buffy brown and olive brown 
to clove brown, with sometimes a 
faint bluish tinge, deepening in front 
at lower neck to fuscous. 
Breast and underparts. Light 
mouse gray. 
Back, inter scapulars, and body 
colour of rump. Dusky neutral gray. 
Tail. Dusky neutral gray. Tail 
feathers not having the same chop- 
ped off appearance. Middle and 
several lateral feathers slightly to 
markedly double-rounded at end. 
Throat patch. Body colour pure 
white. 
Sides of head and spotting of 
throat patch. Between neutral gray 
and deep neutral gray. 
Around ncek below throat patch. 
Between neutral gray and deep neu- 
tral gray, deepening in front at lower 
neck to dusky neutral gray. 
Breast and underparts . Between 
neutral gray and deep neutral gray. 
Description of Type specimen. Type, adult male, No. 6651 Museum of 
the Geological Survey, Department of Mines, Canada. Near Teslin lake, 
Yukon Territory, October 10, 1912. Clement Lewis, Collector. 
Back, rump, and tail, dusky neutral gray. Central feathers of tail and 
some lateral ones double rounded at ends. 
Upper tail coverts, fuscous black, finely but sparsely vermiculated with 
buffish slate.® 
Scapulars, wings, and upper wing coverts, fuscous, lightening towards 
wing tip. All, except flight feathers, finely marked with shades between 
rusty® and grayish.® Some scapulars with white shaft streaks, widening at 
‘All colour terms except where otherwise stated, from Ridgwayls “Colour Standards and 
Nomenclature,” 1912 ed. 
®These terms are not from “Ridg way's Colour Standards." 
