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and neck barred, nnd back marked with niimernus fine wavy lines of pray 

 and wliitc or huliy; central tail-tVatlicrs like tlic back, outer ones fi'scous, 

 generally tipped with white; breast and sides like the head and necK ; belly 

 wliite. Ad. 9 in summer. — Above black, barred witli ochraceous-bulT and 

 maririnetl with irrayish ; niiddle tail-feathers the same, outer ones as in the 

 male; middle of the belly white, rest of the under parts like tiie back, hut 

 with more ochraeeous-lmtr. W inter pi nina<je. — I.ortH hlttck\ outer tail-feathers 

 as in summer, rest of the plunuij^e white. W., 1"J.<^\ H. from N., -ori; depth 

 of H. at N., -."-J. 



I'aiiije. — "Arctic America in general, southeastward to the (luif of St. 

 Lawrence ( .Anticosti i, except the nortliern extremity of the peninsula of 

 Labrador, and region thence northward, Greenland and Aleutian Islands" 

 (Bendire). 



2^'eKt, usually placed among the dwarf brush or sedge-covered patches of 

 the tundras. AV/.'/a', six to ten, pale cream or yellowish butf, sometimes with 

 a vinaceous-rufous sulfusion, sjiottcd and blotched with clove-brown or dark 

 claret-red, l-Go x 1-18 (Hendire). 



" In its general manners and mode of living it is said to res(>ml)le 

 alhits [= L. Itif/ojius], but does not retire so far into the wooded coun- 

 try in the winter" (B,, LJ., and li.). 



302a. L. r. reinhardti (IlrihuA. riUKF.xi.Ayn Ptaiimican. '■'■ Smn- 

 vier w«A'.— Similar to corresiHUiding stage of L. ru/nsfrls, but less regu- 

 larly and coarsely barred above. SiininKn'feninh'. — ^Above chietly blaeU.this 

 varied irregularly with pale grayish })uf!', mostly in form of borders to the 

 featliers and spots alonjr their cdires. or occasionally imperfect bars, these hit- 

 ter most distinct on wings, where tlu^ two colors are in about ccpuil [)ropor- 

 tion; lower parts light grayish Imtf, everywhere coarsely barred with black" 

 (Ridgw.). 



Ji'aiuje. — Nortliern parts of Labrador northward to (Jrecnland. 



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

 skirts of the wooded traets. The hilltops and barrens (henee often 

 called the Barren Ground Bird) are iheir favorite resorts" (Turner). 



803. Lagopus welchi />n>rsf. Wklcu's PTAHMi(iA\. .(7. ^, hi 

 .<!7/mmfr. — Upjier ]>iirts black, the head and neck barreil with white nnd o-'hra- 

 ceous-hutb the back and winir-coverts finely and irreL'uhirly marke<l with 

 wavy lines of huffy and white; tail L'rayish fuscous, the Tiii<ldle fiathers 

 tipped with white; throat white, foreneck like the hind neck, breuj.t and 

 sides like the back ; rest of the under parts white. 9 .— T'pi'er jiarts black, 

 finely and irregularly barred witli oehraccous-butf. r/rw///.'»A, and white; cen- 

 tral tail-feathers like the back, others fuscous ; foreneck, breast, and sides 

 like the hind neck ; belly white. Whit>r }<}umiufe. — White, tail fuscous, the 

 central feathers tipped with white; lori;» hlach, W., 7"'2r) ; B. from N., -or); 

 depth of B. at N., -32. 



Jfeuturl's. — Tills species with L. rupestris is to lie distinguished from 

 Lagopus lagopus by the ochraeeous-butt' instead of rufous markings, the fine 



