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BIRDS—TETRAONIDAE—LAGOPUS ALBUS. » 633 
Size smaller. Bill slender, rather compressed at tip. The distance from the nasal groove to 
the tip of bill decidedly greater than the height of the bill. Male with a black stripe through 
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Tail feathers entirely white. 
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Comparative measurements of species. 
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2852 | Lagopus albus ...| Labrador?.......+++0+.| | 16.10 |......] 8.10 | 5.02 | 1.56 | 1.74 | 0.52 | 6.86 | 0.¢6 | Skin | Summer.......seee 
0x0 Jeae 0 eAOvseee eee Hudson?’s Bay .......0.[sse0s | 16.60 Reweae (7550) | 5207, (ule42 | 1.80 | 0.75 | 0.88 | 0.87 | Skin....| Springs. aiatacieweieterce 
1968 |.......d0........./ America..... nad Iseisane) pacnod Meroe 7.70 | 5.34 | 1 50 | 1.52 | 0.35 0,80 0.86 | Skin....| Summer. Very much 
| | | | stretched. 
8084 Hudson’s Bay...... 7.74 | 5.58 | 1.52 | 1.88 | 0.74 | 0.87 | 0.88 | Skin,....| Winter... 
3887 Trois Riviéres, between |... 7.80 | 5.33 | 1.49 | 6 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.83 | Skin.. September. , 
Montreal and Quebec. | | | 
ASOT. seeeccdOss.cs.oe1 | Ste JOHNS, NiR ss, «= 7.60 | 5.14 | 1.62 | 1.90 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.84 | Skin.....] February ......... 
4518"), 7.90 | 5.35 | 1.56 | 1.93 | 0.62 | 0.88 | 0.80 | Skin..... «ri 00scxceceaeeeees 
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4519 7.16 | 4.76 | 1.40 | 1.76 | 0.58 | 0.75 | 0.78 | Skin. ....]-..-do...... 
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2031 | 8.20 | 5.48 | 1.57 | 1.80 | 0.66 | 0.77 | 0.80 | Skin.....] Winter.........000 
6923 |.......d0..... eee-| Red river, Minn.. 8.50 | 5.90 | 1.57 | 1.90 | 0.74 | 0.77 0.84 | Skin.....| Very much stretched 
6924 | ......d0.........| Nelson river, H.B..... 7.60) \15.02)} 1.42 |11,889}/ (0185) 1v0:76) 0484 | |SKiny covzillts~secionececleeeteees 
8081 | Lagopns alpinus 2) Norway? perhapsN.Am.|. 8.10 | 5.05 | 1.30 | 1.52 | 0.60 | 0.70 0.80 | Skin..... Spring. monies 
SUBDSuemecnadOneer cles ar) yNOFWAVeictcatiecse eles 7.50 | 4.50 | 1.30} 1.50 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.80 | Skin... dOsnaced Asoc 
GUS0H ercooael Waonarnche |ABUTODEseawieesiss eas teseulbes esl) ceac|oscces |p%000) (4°60) 1.95.0, 928 |,0.4401 0270) [Ose I Skin jaca scwemeee cosets aneaae 
PASTA SleosedOreevesnc.| NOrway .coscee --| G | 1400]......] 7-70 | 4.64 | 1.95] .... |......| 0.68 | 0.78 | Skin.....] Mid. claw wanting. 
: 8083 | Lagopus rupestris?) N. W. coast America...|...... 14.50|.... | 7.50-|- 4.86 | 1.36 | 1.62 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0 88 | Skin..... idessisiecese slessciras 
E12) keeaoae CReae eee Weeeee dO.. sescoesseesees|sveees| 1360|.e004,| 7-70 | 5.43] 1.34 | 1.50 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.86 
j 2854 ee dors. <3| America?..sssseceeeee-|eoees-| 1280|......| 7.80 | 4.82 | 1.10 | 1.37 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.80 
b 2853 |.......d0.... .| 13.00 |......] 7.60 | 4.48 | 1.16 | 1.30 | 0.43) 0.70 | 0.80 
} RBSS |..2202-d0.....-..-| Beet cone 7.00 | 4.50 |......| 1.82 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.78 
. 10082 Ebee pus leucurus| W. side Rocky mts.... A s}eesees 7 10 | 4.20 | 1.23 | 1.48 | 0 52 | 0.70 | 0.79 | Skin.... | Very poor specimen, 
LOUSIG| Rese es dOseccacces Messe sadeseiseccestese | escucet eros cs esos 7.30 | 4.24 | 1.16 | 1.42 | 0.46 | 0.70 | 0.82 | Skin..... sees UOie\os.caleneeiemer 
/ dad rca’, sdOlessctsse4| sees doraccees soseasees|eateud] 13.00 /21.00| 7.00 | t50:]..+008]-2s00:|seeees|sssee-|-seee-| Fresh sos.) ties cdeneduneameets 
1269 | Lagopus mutus..} Scotland... .esseseeeees|seeeee| 15.00 | atefeteie)| | CeO! (tc O0)lh2! 28; lhe sieierei|isteisinlele | 0.66 | 0.84 | Skin.....| Summer. Claws 
| | | | wanting. 
LAGOPUS ALBUS, Aud. 
Willow Grouse; White Ptarmigan, 
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. 
Tetrao albus, Gmewin, I, 1788, 750. (Hudson’s Bay.) 
Lagopus albus, Aup. Syn. 1839, 207.—In. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 114; pl. 299, 
Tetrao (Lagopus) albus, Nurtatyt, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 816. : 
? Tetrao lagopus, Forster, Phil. Trans. LXII, 1772, 390. 
Tetrao saliceti, Sanixe, App. Franklin’s Narr. 681.—Ricu, App. Parry’s 2d Voyage, 347.—Avp. Orn. Biog. II, 
1834, 528; pl. 191. 
Tetrao (Lagopus) salicetit, Swainson, F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 351. 
White Grouse, PENNANT, 
Sp. Cu.—Bill very stout. Bill as high as the distance from the nasal groove to its tip. In summer, rufous or orange chestnut 
on the head and neck ; the feathers of back black, barred rather closely with yellowish brown and chestnut. In winter, white; 
the tail black, but no black through the eye. Length, 15.50; wing about 8.00; tail about 5.00. 
Hab.—Northern America. Rare in northern parts of United States, 
July 7, 1858. 
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