1JK.ITISH BIRDS. 



WHITE ( T ROL T SE. 



WHITK (rAMK. OR PTARMIGAN. 



(Tctrao Lagopus, Linn. Tetras ptarmigan , Temm.) 



THIS is nearly the same size as the Red Grouse. 

 The bill is black; orbits bright red; the upper 

 parts of the body pale brown or ash, mottled with 

 small dusky spots and bars; the bars on the head 

 and neck are somewhat broader, and mixed with 

 white; the under parts are white, as are. also the 

 wings, excepting the shafts of the quills, which are 

 black. This is its summer dress, which in Avinter 

 is changed to a pure white, excepting that in the 

 male there is a black line between the bill and the 

 eye; the tail consists of sixteen feathers: the two 

 middle ones ash-coloured in summer, and white in 

 winter, the next two are slightly marked with 

 white near the ends, the rest are wholly black; 



