Tia CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
302.a. Lagopus rupestris reinhardi (BREH™M). 
Reinhardt’s Ptarmigan. 
Tetrao reinhardi BREHM, Lehrb. Eur. Vog. 1823, 440. 
Lagopus rupestris reinhardti Buasius, List Eur. B. 1862, 16. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.— Greenland, western shores of Cumberland Gulf, 
and northern extremity of Labrador. 
302 4. Lagopus rupestris nelsoni STEJN. 
Nelson’s Ptarmigan. 
Lagopus rupestris nelsoni Sv¥JN. Auk, I. July, 1884, 226. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.— Unalaska, and some adjacent Aleutian Islands. 
302c. Lagopus rupestris atkhensis (TURNER). 
Turner’s Ptarmigan. 
Lagopus mutus atkhensis TURNER, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. V. July 
29, 1882, 227, 230. 
Lagopus rupestris atkhensis NELSON, Cruise Corwin, 1883, 56 e+ 
82. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Atka, one of the Aleutian Islands. 
303. Lagopus welchi Brewst. 
Welch’s Ptarmigan. 
Lagopus welchit Brewst. Auk, II. April, 1885, 194. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.— Newfoundland. 
304. Lagopus leucurus Swains. & RICH. 
White-tailed Ptarmigan. 
Lagopus leucurus Swains. & Ricu. Fauna Bor. Amer. II. 1831, 
pl. 63. 
[B 469, C 388, R 476, C 570.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Alpine summits of the mountains of western North 
America, from New Mexico to Liard River, British America, west on 
the highest ranges of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. 
