GALLIN/E. 



PTARMIGAN. 



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TETRAONID^. 



Lagopus mutus (Montin*). 

 THE PTARMIGAN. 



Lagoj)us jiiutus. 



The Ptarmigan is the smallest in size of the British 

 Grouse ; and, so far as regards these islands, it is at the 

 present day confined to Scotland, beyond which it has 

 probably not been found within the historic period. Its 



* Tetrao mutus, Montin, Physiographiska Siilskapeta Handl., p. 155 (Stock- 

 holm, 1776). The essential portion of this rare work is in the library of the 

 Linnean Society. 



