COMMON PTA^RMIGAN. 
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and become of a pure white, or whitish ; and at 
that time the toes become slightly downy beneath, 
to defend them from the frost and snow : their 
claws, which are broad and crooked, are well 
adapted for removing the latter, which they are 
obliged to do to procure their food, which consists 
of herbage, fruits, berries, and the tender shoots of 
various trees. They are all natives of the frigid 
regions. 
COMMON PTARMIGAN. 
(Lagopus mutus.) 
La. cinereo alboque varius, remigibus albis rectricibtis nigrisy apice 
albisj duobus intermediis albis. (Maris mactild nigra inter 
rostrum et oculos : corpore hyeme toto albo.') 
Ptarmigan varied with cinereous and white ; the quills white j 
the tail-feathers black with white tips, the two middle ones 
entirely white : between the beak and eyes of the male is a 
black spot j in the winter the body is entirely white. 
Lagopus mutus, Leach. Cat. Mtis. Brit. p. 27. 
Tetrao Lagopus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 2/4. 4. — Linn. Faun. 
Suec. no. 203. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 749- — 0. Fabr. Faun. 
Groen. no. 80. — Briss. Orn. 1. 2l6. 12. male. — Lath. hid. Orn, 
2. 639- 9* — Tenim. Gall. Ind. 707. 
Tetrao alpinus. Nilss. Orn. Suec. 1,311. 
Le Lagopede. Buff. Ois. 2. 264. pi. 9. 
LaGelinote blanche. Buff. PI. Enl. 129. 494. 
Le Ptarmigan, ou Tetras Lagopede. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3, 
185. pi. 10. ff. 1, 2, 3. (head, &c.) — Temm. Man. d^Orni. 
p. 293. 
