ORDER GALLIN. rig 
[B 466, C 3854, R 4734, C 567-] 
Geoc. Dist.— Coast ranges of northern California, Oregon, Wash- 
ington, and British Columbia. 
Genus LAGOPUS Brisson. 
Lagopus Briss. Ornith, I. 1760, 181. Type, Zetrao lagopus LINN. 
301. Lagopus lagopus (LInv.). 
Willow Ptarmigan. 
Tetrao lagopus LINN. S. N. ed. ro, I. 1758, 159. 
Lagopus lagopus STEJN. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 20. 
[B 467, 470, C 386, R 474, C 568. ] 
Groc. Dist.— Arctic regions; in America south to Sitka and the 
British Provinces. Breeding range restricted to the arctic and sub- 
arctic regions, mainly north of 55° N. lat. Accidental in New 
England (Bangor, Me., and Essex Co., Mass.). 
301a. Lagopus lagopus alleni Srejn. 
Allen’s Ptarmigan. 
Lagopus alba allent SvEJN. Auk, I. Oct. 1884, 369. 
Lagopus lagopus allent St¥jN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 20. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.— Newfoundland. 
302. Lagopus rupestris (GMEL.). 
Rock Ptarmigan. 
Tetrao rupestris GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 751. 
Lagopus rupestris LEACH, Zool. Misc. II. 1817, 290. 
[B 468, C 387, R 475, C 569.] 
Groc. Dist.— Arctic America (except the northern extremity), 
from Alaska to Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence; portions of 
Greenland ; Aleutian Islands. 
