Ptarmigan 



302c. Turner Ptarmigan (L. r. atkhensis). Light- 

 er in general hue than 302d and without black blotch- 

 es on upperparts. (Elliot.) Ad. <$, Summer. "Ground 

 color of upperparts pale raw-umber brown, mixed 

 with pale grayish; chest and neck barred with pale 

 brownish ochre and black." Ad. $ , Summer. Ground 

 color of upperparts rusty, mixed with pale grayish 

 buff, narrowly and irregularly barred with black; chest 

 and neck coarsely barred with rusty and black. 

 (Ridgw.) 



Range. Atka, Aleutian Islands. 



302d. Townsend Ptarmigan (L. r. towm>endi). Ad: 

 <?, Summer. Above, breast and flanks raw umber 

 finely vermiculated with black on back; with black 

 blotches on head,neck and upperpart of back and wings. 

 Ad. 9, Summer. Above ochraceous, bbtched and 

 barred with black; lighter below. (Elliot.) 



Range. Kyska and Adak, Aleutian Islands. 



302.1. Evermann Ptarmigan (Lagopus evermanni}. 

 L. 13.9. Ad. cf , Summer. Above and breast black 

 slightly marked with rusty. Ad. $, Summer. Entire 

 body plumage, ochraceous, blotched and barred with 

 black and above tipped with white or ochraceous; be- 

 low black bars wider and no white tips. (Elliot.) 



Range. Attu, Aleutian Islands. 



303. Welch Ptarmigan (Lagopus welchi) . L. about 

 14. Bill and tail as in No. 302; plumage grayer than 

 in No. 302. Ad. cf, Summer. Above black finely and 

 irregularly marked with wavy lines of buff and white. 

 Ad. 9 , Summer. Above black finely and irregularly 

 barred with buffy, grayish and white. 



Range. Newfoundland 



304.? White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus). 

 L. 13. Tail white. Ad. tf, Summer. Breast t>arred, 

 black and white. Ad. 9, Summer. Above black 

 barred with rich buff; below rich buff barred with 

 black. Ads., Fill. Above and breast rich buff fine- 

 ly vermiculated with black. Ads., Winter. Entirely 

 white. Notes. When about to fly and at the begin- 

 ing of flight a sharp cackle like that of a frightened 

 hen. (GrinnellJ 



Range. "Alpine summits of Rocky Mountains; south to New 

 Mex.co; north into British America (as far as Fort Halkett, LiarJ 

 River); west to higher ranges of Oregon, Washington, and British 

 Columbia." (Bendire.) 



304a.? Kenai White-tailed Ptarmigan (L. I. penin- 

 sularis). Similar to No. 304, but in summer buff 

 markings much paler; in fall, colors much grayer. 



Range. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



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