24 



The eggs of the Willow-Grouse measure from 1-55 to l'S5 in 

 length, and from 1*15 to 1-25 in breadth. 



5. Fort Anderson, Arctic America, 8th 

 June (_R. M ac Far lane : Henshaw Coll.}. 



5. Fort Anderson, 8th June (R. McF. : 



Smiths. Inst.). 

 4. Fort Anderson, 8th June (R. McF.: 



Smiths. Inst.}. 

 4. Anderson River, 10th June (R. McF.: 



Smiths. Inst.}. 



6. Anderson River, 26th June (R. McF. : 



Smiths. Inst.). 

 4. Bodo, Norway, 6th Feb. (P. $ F. 



God-man). 

 8. Sweden. 



3. Sweden. 



4. Scandinavia (Hargitt ColL}. 

 10. Lapland (Nordm). 



7. Lake Enar, Lapland (Nordvi). 



4. Petchora R., lat. 68 N., 20th June (H. 



Seebohm $ J. A. Har vie- Brown). 

 7. Petchora R., lat. 68 N., 19th June (H. S. 

 $ J. A. H.-B.). 



5. Yenesei R., lat. 66| N., 4th July (H. S.). 

 3. Yenesei R., lat. 70^ N. (H. S.). 



3. Yenesei R., lat. 71|N., 3rd July (H. S.). 

 5. Yenesei R., lat. 71N., 3rd July (//. S.). 

 1. Altai Mountains. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman ColL 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 H.F.Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 St. George Littledale, 

 Esq. [P.]. 



Lagopus mutus (Montin). 



Lagopus montanus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 46. fig. 1 (1855-63). 

 Lagopus alpinus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vb'g. tab. 46. fig. 3 (1855-63) 



Wheelwright, Spring fy Summ. in Lapland, p. 315 (1871). 

 Tetrao lagopus, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 280, pi. Ixx. fig. iii 



(1856). 

 Lagopus mutus, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 157 (1874) ; Grant, Cat, 



Birds B. M. xxii. p. 44 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 18 (1899). 

 Tetrao mutus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 424, pi. 20 (1884) ; id. Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 271, pi. 59. figs. 4, 6 (1896). 



The eggs of the Common Ptarmigan, as a rule, are paler than the 

 eggs of L. scoticus, and the markings are not so dense. They 

 measure from 1-5 to 1-75 in length, and from 1*15 to 1'3 in breadth. 



7. Near Cluny, Ross-shire, 23rd May Seebohm Coll. 



(Hargitt Coll.). 



7. Ross, 23rd May (E. Hargitt). 

 1. Drumnadrochit, Inverness (A. Lawler : 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



4. Grampians, May (A. Newton). 

 9. Sweden (H. W. Wheelwright). 

 6. St. Gothard, Switzerland (Donazien). 

 9. Switzerland (Dr. Rey). 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



