Ptarmigan. 



302c. Turner Ptarmigan (L. r. atkhensis). Light- 

 er in general hue than 302a 1 and without black blotch- 

 es on upperparts. (Elliot.) Ad. $, Summer. "Ground 

 color of upperparts pale raw-umber brown, mixed 

 with pale grayish; chest and neck barred with pale 

 brownish ochre and black." Ad. ?, Summer. Ground 

 color of upperparts rusty, mixed with pale grayish 

 buff, narrowly and irregularly barred with black; chest 

 and neck coarsely barred with rusty and black. 

 (Ridgw.) 



Range. — Atka, Aleutian Islands. 



302d. Townsend Ptarmigan (L. r. towmendi). Ad. 

 <3\ Summer. Above, breast and flanks raw umber 

 finely vermiculated with black on back; with black 

 blotches on head, neck and upperpart of back and wings. 

 Ad. 9, Summer. Above ochraceous, bbtched and 

 barred with black; lighter below. (Elliot.) 



Range. — Kyska and Adak, Aleutian Islands. 



302.1 Everman Ptarmigan (Lagopus evermani). L. 

 13.9. Ad. c?, Summer. Above and breast black 

 slightly marked with rusty. Ad. $, Summer. Entire 

 body plumage, ochraceous, blotched and barred with 

 black and above tipped with white or ochraceous; be- 

 low black bars wider and no white tips. (Elliot.) 



Range. — Attu, Aleutian Islands. 



303. Welch Ptarmigan {Lagopus zvelchi). L. about 

 14. Bill and tall as in No. 302; plumage grayer than 

 in No. 302. Ad. c?, Summer. Above black finely and 

 irregularly marked with wavy lines of buff and white. 

 Ad. 9 , Summer. Above black finely and irregularly 

 barred with buffy, grayish and white. 



Range. — Newfoundland. 



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