Common along the entire coast of the Province. I have taken it at Clayquot in May, 1894, and I found it very common at Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, in July, 1895, and it is found near Victoria throughout the winter. Family HÆMATOPODIDÆ. Oyster-Catchers. HÆMATOPUS Linnæus. 131. BLACK OYSTER-CATCHER. _Hæmatopus bachmani_ (Aud.). Abundant along the entire coast of Island and Mainland. Breeds throughout its range. Common on Queen Charlotte Islands, at Skidegate. Order GALLINÆ. Gallinaceous Birds. Family TETRAONIDÆ. Grouse, Partridges, Etc. OREORTYX Baird. 132. MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE. _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 Cassiar. 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 Pass. 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, Cassiar. (_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_.) Cassiar. (_James Porter_.) PEDIOECETES Baird. 143. COLUMBIAN SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. PRAIRIE CHICKEN. _Pedioecetes phasianellus columbianus_ (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 urophasianus_ (Bonap.).