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Lagopus lagopus lagopus Lj. Willow Grouse. 

 (Jc-r. W'cidcnbchnecliuhn ; 5uv</. Dalripa. 



^ spring. Head, neck, breast, flanks, and back deep chestnut 

 with black markings on head, and black vermiculations on neck, 

 breast, and back ; some white on rump and upper tail coverts ; 

 wings, central tail feathers, region round eye, and underparts 

 white ; other tail feathers black, white tipped. Bill black. Comb 

 above eye red. Wing (^ 212-217, ? 185-200. Tarsus 37-40. 

 Bill 14-16. Later in summer white is only on wings and middle 

 of abdomen. 2 is duller in colour and without red comb or with 

 only a trace of it. In winter plumage both sexes are entirely white, 

 except tail, which is as in spring, and shafts of primaries, which 

 are mostly black. 



Resident. — Norway from Stavanger northwards, C. and N. 

 Sweden, Lapland, Finland, Courland, Russia from Moscow and 

 Ural districts northwards ; also across Siberia. 



L. lagopus major Lorenz. Larger than typical form. Wing 

 ^ 234-243, 9 207-209 (H.). 



Resident. — From Orenburg (E. Russia) through the Steppes 

 of Turgai and Akmolinsk to Omsk. 



Lagopus scoticus (Latham). Red Grouse. 



^ Blackish brown vermiculated with chestnut, wings and 

 tail black brown, central tail feathers venniculated ; white above 

 and below eye ; leg feathering grey brown, becoming dull white 

 towards feet. Comb red. Bill dark horn. Wing ^ 195-217, 

 $ 185-203. Tarsus 36-42. Bill 10-13. ? 's much the same but 

 yellower. The plumage varies greatly, the above being the 

 commonest. Other plumages are (i) Black with chestnut barring, 

 in some almost black, very slightly barred ; (2) Red, marked with 

 white on underparts and to some extent on upper parts ; (3) 

 Spotted ; feathers tipped buff on upper parts and underparts 

 ochreous barred with black and tipped white. 



Resident. — Wales, N. England, Scotland, Ireland, lias been 

 introduced into Germany. 



Lagopus mutus mutus (Montiu). I'l ar.mk.an. Fr. 

 I'oulc de neige ; Ger. Alpenschneehulm ; //<//. I'crnice bianca ; 

 Swed. Fjallripa. 



^ summer. General colour of up[)cr parts and chest dark 



