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variegated appearance to the plumage generally. In her 

 summer plumage all the feathers of the head and upper 

 part of the neck, are yellowish chestnut, with a few black 

 spots : those of the lower neck, breast, back, wing, and 

 tail -co verts, and middle tail-feathers, transversely barred 

 with black, and tipped with yellow ; the long feathers on 

 the sides and flanks also barred across with black and 

 yellow, very much resembling the feathers borne on the 

 same parts at the same season by the female Ptarmigan, 

 showing its affinity to that bird : and some authors have 

 called our Red Grouse, the Red Grouse Ptarmigan, the 

 Red Ptarmigan, and the Brown Ptarmigan. 



