PTARMIGAN. 



GALLING. 



83 

 TETEAONID^. 





LAGOPUS MUTUS (Montin*). 



THE PTAKMIGAN. 



Lagopus mutus. 



THE PTARMIGAN is the smallest in size of the British 

 Grouse ; and, so far as regards these islands, it is at the 

 present day confined to Scotland, beyond which it has 

 probably not been found within the historic period. Its 



* Tetrao mutus, Montin, Physiographiska Salskapets Handl., p. 155 (Stock - 

 .holm, 1776). The essential portion of this rare work is in the library of the 

 Linnean Society. 



