_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.).