REHUSAK PTARMIGAN. 
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striped with red and black : the breast with a 
dull brown space : the belly and abdomen white : 
the feathers of the tarsi dirty white : the outer 
tail-feathers black at their base, and white at 
their tips : during the winter the toes are covered 
with feathers, but in the summer they are but 
slightly sprinkled with them. 
It inhabits the woods and forests of Lapland : 
lays thirteen or fourteen reddish eggs, marked 
with long brown spots : when disturbed it utters 
a loud noise, like a coarse laugh. 
