Class IL PTARMIGAN^. 



modern Italians: but the account left us by Pliny 

 feems too brief and uncertain to determine at this 

 time what fpecies he intended ; and that the Fran- 

 colino is not the fame with our grous, is evident 

 from the figure of it exhibited by our accurate 

 friend Mr. Edwards *. 



Thefe birds pair in the fpring, and lay from fix 

 to ten eggs : the young brood or packs follow the 

 hen the whole fummer; in the winter they join in 

 flocks of forty or fifty, and become remarkably 

 fhy and wild : they always keep on the tops of the 

 hills, are fcarce ever found on the fides, and ne- 

 ver defcend into the valliesj their food is the moun- 

 tain berries, and the tops of heath. 



271 



La perdrls blanche. Belon anj, 



259. 

 Lagopus. Gefner a<v. 576. 

 Perdrix alba feu Lagopus, 



Perdice alpeftre. Aldr, 



an), IL 66. 

 Lagopus. Plinii lib. X. c. 48. 

 Tetrao Lagopus. Lin. fyji. 



274. 

 Snoripa. Faun. Suec./p. 203. 

 La Gelinote blanche. Brijfon 



a-v. L 216. 

 kaii Jyn. av. 55, 



White Game, erroneoufly g^, Ptarmi- 



called the white Partridge. can. 



Wil. orn. 176. 

 The Ptarmigan. Sib. Scot. 16. 

 PL Enl. izg. Hifi.d'Oys.n, 



264. 

 Now. Rype. Mas IJlandis^ 



Riupkarre, Fa??!. Riupa. 



Brimnich igg 

 Schneehuhn. Fri/chyl. no, 

 Schneehun. Kram. 356. 

 Br. Zool. 86 plates M. 4. 5. 

 Scopoli. No. 118. 



THIS bird is well defcribed by Mr. Willugh- 

 hy^ under the name of the white game. 



* Plate 246. 



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M. Briffon 



