Pinnated Grouse in Southern Ontario .— On November 25, 1909, I had 
the pleasure of looking through the collection of Mr. Alex. Gow, Windsor, 
Ont., and was much pleased to find in it a recent Canadian specimen of 
the Pinnated Grouse. The bird was a female in fine condition, taken in 
Sandwich, West Township, eight miles south of Windsor, on the Detroit 
River, April 29, 1897. It seems altogether probable that this will be the 
last specimen ever taken in southern Ontario; though, of course, it will 
probably occur in the northwestern part of the Province. 
Mr. Gow tells me, that he had two others, which had been taken near 
Chatham, forty miles east of Windsor, about 1882 or 1883, but these have 
not been kept. 
The country around Chatham, and from there to Windsor, has much 
ground suited to the needs of this bird and there can be little doubt that it 
was once common through most of this territory, although the district 
ten miles north of Chatham is the only spot from which records have been 
preserved. — W. E. Saunders, London, Ont. 
AaJc 27 . Jan-ldlO p. 
