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FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



GALLINAE. 



PHASIANI. 



TETRAONIDAE. 



Mass. — Resident; nearly typical birds occur in Berkshire Co. 

 (North Adams). 



176. Lagopus lagopus (Linne) Stejneger. 

 Willow ptarmigan. 



Tetrao lagopus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 159. 

 "in Europae alpinis." 



Lagopus albus Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, 

 p. 114, pi. 299 (summer). Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 2, fig. 5- 

 10. 



Dense thickets; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: near Dennisville (Audubon); Ken- 

 duskeag, April 23, 1892. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor (or escape) : Manchester, May 10, 

 1859. 



R. I. — Doubtfully recorded. 



177. Tympanuchus cupido (Linne) Ridgway. 

 Heath-hen; Eastern pinnated grouse; Hethen. 



Tetrao cupido Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 160. "in 

 Virginia." De Kay, Zool. New York, 1844, vol. 2, p. 205, pi. 

 77, fig. 175. 



Cupidonia cupido Brewster, Auk, 1885, vol. 2, p. 82. Egg, 

 Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 3, fig. 2. 



Scrub-oak thickets; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Ascribed by Audubon to Maine, but perhaps erroneously. 



Mass. — Resident, now confined to Martha's Vineyard, but 

 (till about 1815) occurring coastwise nearly to Boston, and in lower 

 Connecticut valley. Eggs, June 2-July 24. 



R. L — Formerly common, but practically extirpated by 1800. 



Conn. — Formerly common; extirpated before 1840 (Westford, 

 about 1832, Nuttall). 



