_Oreortyx pictus_ (Dougl.).

Common on Vancouver Island. Introduced from California.

LOPHORTYX Bonaparte.

133. CALIFORNIA PARTRIDGE.

_Lophortyx californicus_ (Shaw.).

Common on Vancouver Island. Introduced from California.

DENDRAGAPUS Elliot.

134. SOOTY GROUSE.

_Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus_ (Ridgw.).

Abundant west of Cascade Mountains, including Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, and all the larger islands along the coast.

135. RICHARDSON'S GROUSE.

_Dendragapus obscurus richardsonii_ (Dougl.).

An abundant resident east of Cascade Mountains to Rocky Mountains.

CANACHITES Stejneger.

136. FRANKLIN'S GROUSE.

_Canachites franklinii_ (Dougl.).

An abundant resident throughout the wooded portion of the interior east of the Cascade Mountains, from Okanagan to Ca.s.siar.

BONASA Stephens.

137. CANADIAN RUFFED GROUSE.

_Bonasa umbellus togata_ (Linn.).

An abundant resident east of and including the Cascade Mountains.

Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C. Brooks.

138. GRAY RUFFED GROUSE.

_Bonasa umbellus umbelloides_ (Dougl.).

Rocky Mountain District, Soda Creek and Beaver Pa.s.s. Check List of B. C. Birds, 1898. (_Fannin_.) Okanagan, A. C. Brooks.

139. OREGON RUFFED GROUSE.

_Bonasa umbellus sabini_ (Dougl.).

An abundant resident on Vancouver Island and all the larger islands of the coast, and on the Mainland west of Cascade Mountains.

LAGOPUS Brisson.

140. WILLOW PTARMIGAN.

_Lagopus lagopus_ (Linn.).

Northern portion of British Columbia, Dease Lake, Ca.s.siar. (_James Porter_.) Log Cabin, Atlin. (_Fletcher_ and _Englehardt_.).

141. ROCK PTARMIGAN.

_Lagopus rupestris_ (Gmel.).

Common on the summit of most of the mountains on the Mainland and Vancouver Island. (_Fannin_.) Quite common at Atlin.

142. WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN.

_Lagopus leucurus_ (Swains. & Rich.).

Found on the summit of most mountains on the Mainland except the Coast Range. Taken at Okanagan. (_Brooks_.) Ca.s.siar. (_James Porter_.)

PEDIOECETES Baird.

143. COLUMBIAN SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. PRAIRIE CHICKEN.

_Pedioecetes phasianellus columbia.n.u.s_ (Ord.).

An abundant resident east of Cascade Range through the southern portions of the Province. E. P. Venables reports it common near Vernon.

CENTROCERCUS Swainson.

144. SAGE GROUSE.

_Centrocercus urophasia.n.u.s_ (Bonap.).

Three specimens taken by Mr. G. B. Martin at Osoyoos Lake in October, 1864. (Check List of B. C. Birds, 1891. _Fannin_.)

Family PHASIANIDae. Pheasants.

PHASIa.n.u.s Linnaeus.

145. RING-NECKED PHEASANT.

_Phasia.n.u.s torquatus_ (Linn.).