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CARIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



The ptarmigan, or willow grouse, is very abundant 

 and is the finest game bird on the island. They are 

 about the size of the pheasant or ruffled grouse of the 



FEMALE. MALE. 



PTARMIGAN OR WILLOW GROUSE IN MOTTLED COAT FALL OF YEAR. 



States, though not such rapid flyers, and furnish fine 

 sport, and their flesh is all that could be wished for 

 juicy, sweet and tender. In summer they are of a 

 reddish brown, but in winter almost white, with 



