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302e. Evermann Ptarmigan, 
Lagopus evermannt ELLIOT. 1896. 
Seven specimens, five males and two females, from Attu island, 
one of the Near Island group, brought by Prof. B. W. Evermann, 
Mr. C. H. Townsend and Dr. S. I. Call are all the representatives 
of this species yet obtained. The specimens described were taken 
in May 1892, and June 1894. (The Awk, Vol. XIII, pp. 24-26, 
1896.) 
303. Welch Ptarmigan. 
Lagopus welcht BREWST. 1885. 
A truly alpine species in Newfoundland, rarely found below 
the line of stunted black spruce. (Reeks.) When Mr. Reeks 
wrote as above he believed this form to be the common rock ptar- 
migan. Since then Mr. William Brewster, of Cambridge, Mass., 
obtained specimens from Newfoundland, collected in 1883 by Mr. 
Welch, which led him to separate this form from the rock ptarmigan. 
Mr. Brewster says that according to Mr. Welch these ptarmigan 
are numerous in Newfoundland, where they are strictly confined 
to the bleak sides and summits of rocky hills and mountains in the 
interior. Unlike the willow grouse of that island, which wander 
long distances and frequently cross the gulf to Labrador, the rock 
ptarmigan are very local, and for the most part spend their lives on 
or near the hills where they were reared. 
304. White-tailed Ptarmigan. 
Lagopus leucurus SWAINS. & RICH. 1831. 
Mr. Drummond obtained four specimens of this bird in lat. 54°, 
and another was obtained nine degrees further to the north by Mr. 
Macpherson. They inhabit the summits of the Rocky mountains. 
(Richardson.) North on the Mackenzie to Lapierre House in the 
mountains. (Ross.) Observed on the mountains above timber 
line both east and west of McLennan river, lat. 54°, B.C., in July 
and August of 1898; not rare on the mountains along the Chilliwack 
river, B.C. (Spreadborough.) Summits of most of the mountains 
of the mainland; Beaver pass, Mr..George Hyde; Cassiar, Mr. 
