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will In- found at Morle\ ( M winged gam.-, tin- di)sk\ 

 BiehardMO'l glOQM, is plentiful in the wooded foothills al 

 \l"ile\ they an- found especially numerous north wan 1 am 

 tin- high bluffs, which art- co\eivd with dense pirn- treed. 

 They an- also t'.>iin<l in Northern Montana. A set of nim- 

 eggs in my collection, collected north of Morl.-y .Inn.' 1th 

 IVHI v, n from a nest made on tin- ground, near a 



fall.-n trt-f. tin- M'->t i-..iixixt,.,| ,,f a hollow in the ground, 

 with l.-avrs. ami the eggs are rich, creamy l>iiH'. tim-ly 

 all o\,-r with iv.Mixh l.ruwn, ami avrni^.- l.Wx I. .SO. 

 Tin- whit.- -taili-il ptarmigan also inhal-its this s.-ction of tin- 

 Miiiiiitains Th.-y an- fniiml al>vi- tin- timU-r lim-. 

 the Cnggi "' tin- hitrhi-st p.-aks; tin- in-st is im-ri-ly a 

 .|.-].n->sjoii in tin- ir n ,Miiil. lim-l with grass, ainl tin- eggs are 

 li^ht 1'Utf ITDWH. thickly s],ott<-<l with chocolate brown, sj/,- 

 I <.^\l 1". 'Tin- r^s of this l>inl an- ditHcuIt to obtain, and 



\ci-i-. lin^ly ran- in c< >ll'-ctions. 



Tin- willow jitarmi^an also breeds in tin- Rocky Mountains 

 of Alberta; although tin- birds aiv plentiful, the eggs are diffi- 

 cult to procun-. They breed in the valleys and do not ascend 

 P. th- hi^h' st |..-aks liki- the white-taiN-d jitarmi^an. Tin- 

 willow ptarmigan is com n ion in Northern Kurop.-. and I ha\. 

 a la r^'e s.-ries of eggs collected in Lapland. Tin- m-sts an- de- 

 scrilefl as being merely hollows in the ground, lined with 

 grass ami leaves, and the numl-r of eggs to a clutch is from 

 eight to twelve. The iMrgs of this bird are v.-ry handsome, 

 varyin-- from a ground colour of en-am to yellowish but!', 

 thickly spotted with rich brown and black. They are, how - 

 surpassed in beauty of colouring by the eggs of the rock 

 ptarmigan, although lnth Mr. Kidgway and Mr. < )li\i-r la\ie 



In Nests and Kirgs of North American P>ii 



by ()li\, ; ' ited that tin- eggs of the rock ptar- 



in. with certainty, cannot be distinguished from those of 



the willow ptarmigan, but are described as usually le-,s heavily 



nid less densely marked . a \ ragi ng lighter in colour 



ami l>s.s in n \ I have found this t be just tin- re\ 



lour and marking, although the eggs of the rock 



