WILLOW PTARMIGAN. 



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GALLING. 



Family/ TETRAONIDIE. (Bona^Jarie.J 



Genus Lagopus. {Linnceus.) 



WILLOW PTARMIGAN. 



Lagopus saliceti. 



Lagopus saliceti, 



Tetrao saliceti, 

 " lagopus, 

 " a/bus, 

 " siihalpina, 



Lagopus albus, 



Lagopede des sanies, 



Aforast- Schneehuhn, 



Dal Ripa, 



Dairy pa skogsiypa, 



Mezakana, 



Riefsak, 



Willotu Grouse, 



SWAINSON. 



Temminck. Bree; ist. Ed. 



LlNN^US. 



Gmelin. 



NiLSSON. 



Bonaparte. Gray, H. L., 9835. 



Of the French. 



Of the Germans. 



Swedish. 



Norsk. 



Finnish. 



Lapp. 



Of Authors. 



Specific Characters. — The primaries, abdomen, and feet white in the adult 

 in all seasons. Tail square, of fourteen feathers, and always black. First 

 primary one inch and three eighths shorter than the second, which is two 

 eighths of an inch shorter than the third, which is equal to the fourth, 

 and longest, the fifth always longer than the second. Length of male 

 fifteen inches and a half; expanse of wing twenty-four to twenty-five inches ; 

 from carpus to tip eight inches; tail five inches, extending beyond the closed 

 wings about three inches; beak, from forehead, seven eighths of an inch, 

 — from nasal furrow half an inch ; breadth of that part of beak three eighths 

 of an inch; tarsi one inch and a half; middle toe one inch and a half; 

 hind toe half an inch. No black mark from the gape through the eye. 

 The female varies from, half an inch to an inch shorter than the male. 



