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All this material affords an opportunity both for determining the
characters of the subspecies flemingi and for following some of the
complicated plumage changes that are undergone by grouse of this
genus.

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The type locality of flemingi is given by Taverner (1914, p. 386)
as ‘‘near Teslin Lake.’’ The country about Teslin Lake is mostly low-
land, with not much mountainous territory suitable to this species.