CHAPTEE IX. 



The Dal-Eipa. — Where found. — Description. — Plumage. — Moulting. — 

 Kesembles the Scotch Grouse — Resorts. — Food^Feeds at Night. — 

 Habits. — "Trees." — Roosts in the Snow. — Its Lek. — Breeding. — 

 Parental Affection. — Enemies. — Naturalization in England. — In 

 request for the Table. — The Rip-Orre. 



Or tlie RqK(, the well-known Scandinavian bird, be- 

 longing to the genus Tetvao, there are two species in 

 the Peninsula, viz., the Dal-Bipa, or Valley-Ripa, Sw. ; 

 Skov-Itype, Dal-Rupe, Norweg. {Tetrao Logopus, Linn. ; 

 Jjdgojnis svbaljjina, Nilss.), identical, as many suppose, 

 with the Willow Grouse {Litgopns Saliceti, Temm.) ; — and 

 the FJdll-ltipja, or Alpine Pi-ipa, Sw. ; Fjeld-Bgpe, Skare- 

 Hype, Norw. {Tetrao Lagopus, Linn. ; Lagopus alpina, 

 Nilss.), believed by some to be the common Ptarmigan 

 (Lagopus mutiis, Auct.). 



Both the Dal-Ptipa and the Pjall-Ripa have from time 

 out of miud been known in Scandinavia as different 

 birds.* But Linnaeus, considering the Fjiill-llipa to be 



""' "The Ripa," says Bishop routupiiiilaii, "is a peculiar Norwegian 

 bird, au<l lifloiij;s tn tiiis, ]iciliaps, ratlier llian any nthcr country. 



