270 PTARMIGANS. 



banded with black above, markings below 

 darker. 



255. REINHARDT PTARMIGAN. 

 Differs from last in summer in being 

 even more coarsely banded above where the 

 black predominates. Greenland, western 

 shores of Cumberland Gulf, and northern 

 Labrador. 



Fig. 212 



Willow Ptarmigan, summer. 1-8. 



256. WELCH PTARMIGAN. 

 Differs from Allen Ptarmigan in being 

 much darker above in summer and with 

 more dark bandings elsewhere. Newfound- 



257. PRAIRIE HEN. 



Large, 18; head, crested, elongated 

 plumes on neck; light brown above, white 



