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,,_.,. u 1 1 ^ reinhardt's 



b . Male m summer, above less coarsely 



barred. Female chiefly black, varied t r 



., • u u «: \ L. r. rem- 



with grayish buff. J ^^^^^^. 



c' . Male in summer, brownish gray above, -^ 



vermiculated and spotted with black. { ^^^lchs ptar- 

 Female black, deep buff, and grayish f migan. 



white. ^ ^' ^- "^^i^^hi. 



d . Male in summer, dark russet above, \ nelson's ptar- 



finely vermiculated with black with oc- ;- migan. 



casional black blotches. ) L. r. nelsoni. 



e' . Male in summer, above tawny ochrace- \ turner's ptar- 



ous, russet, and gray, finely vermicu- r migan. 



lated and dotted with black. ^ L. r. atkensis. 



/'. Male in summer, raw-umber, above \ townsend's 



tinged with russet, and finely vermicu- [- . ptarmigan. 



lated and blotched with black. ) L.r.townsendi. 



\ evermann's 

 g' . Male in summer, chiefly black and \ ptarmigan. 



white, vermiculated with tawny. ) L. evermanni. 



\ white-tailed 

 B. Tail always white. V ptarmigan. 



) L. leucurus. 



