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urrl r.k !.rr. !. uinl back marked with mumr-i- tin.- wavy lino* of gny 

 lul whito <>r 1'iilly; contra! tail -feather* like the back, outer one* fuscous, 

 generally tippxl witli white; Im-uM ami M<lc* lik. the h-u.l and n..-k ; belly 

 white. Ad. 9 in lunumr. Above black, hurrrd with ochracooiu-huft* and 

 margined with grayish; middle Uiil-t'cuthcrs tin- KUUIC, >utcr on an in the 

 male; middle of the belly white, rest of tin- under part* like the back, t.ut 

 u itli more ochracoouB-butl. \VinUr plumagt.tortt black, outer tail - fi-ut IHTN 

 as in summer, rent of the plumage white. \\ . , H : 1!. IP-MI X., -35; depth 



:it X., '88. 



Kanyt. u Arctic Anu-ri. u in ircneral, southeastward to the Gulf of St 

 Lawrence (Anticonti, except the northern extremity of the peninsula of 

 Labrador, and region tlieiiee north wurd, Greenland ami Aleutian Island* *' 

 < 1'.. n.lire). 



, usually placed among the dwarf hru.-l. ->vercd patches of 



the tundraa. A':/:/', nix to ten, pule cream or yellowish )>utT, Hoiiietimca with 

 a vinaceouu-rufoiw HutTiwion, netted and blotched with clove- l>rown or dark 

 claret-red, 1-65 x 1-18 (.Heii-i.- 



In its general manners and mode of living it is said to resemble 

 albus [ = L. lagoptu], but does not retire so far into the wooded coun- 

 try in the winter" (B., B., and II.). 



302a. L. r. reinhardtl < />-A;/<). GREEXI.AXD PTARUKJAN. "Sum- 

 mer malt. Similar to corr'sjH.n<ling Btage of L. rvpettru, but lw rcpu- 

 larly and coarsely l>rrel iitxive. S'limntr female. Above chiefly black, this 

 varied invjnilurly with pule frrayixh buff, mostly in f>nn of borders to the 

 feathers and Kpota al>ni: their cd^cn, or occasionally imperfect bare, theae lat- 

 ter rnoKt dUtim-t on win -lie two col ore are in about equal propor- 



tion; lower parts light grayUh buff, everywhere coarsely barred with black" 

 (Ridgw.). 



Kange. Northern part* of Labrador northward to Greenland. 



"They prefer more open ground, and rarely straggle even into the 

 skirts of the wooded tracts. The hilltops and barrens (hence often 

 called the Barren Ground Bird) arc their favorite resorts" (Turner). 



303. Lagt>pus welchi Hr.icnt. WELCH'S FTARMIOAX. Ad. 6 in 

 nmmtr. Upper part* black, the head and neck barred with white and ochra- 

 ceoua-butf. the bick and winjr-covorta finely and irrefftilarly markel with 

 wavy line* of bufly and white; tail grayish fuscous, the middle furthers 

 tipped with white; throat white, fun-neck like the hind neck, brcart and 

 idea like the back : n-st of the under parti* white. 9 .Upper part* black, 

 finely and irregularly barred with ochraccoun-buff, yrayih^ and white ; cen- 

 tral tail-feathers like the back, others fuitcoux ; f-.mic.-k, brcaxt, and widen 

 like the hind neck ; Mly white. \\'i,,t*r plvmayt. White, tnil fus.-oiis, tho 

 etntr,il feathers tipjied with white; lortt black. W., 7'25; B. from N., -W; 

 depth of B. at X., -38. 



R*markt.1\\\* specie* with L. r*f*ftri is to ) .li.-tiinruiahed from 

 Layopm layopvi by the ochraceous-butf instead of rufous markings, the fine 



