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Depth of bill at base, .40 or more; no black ou lores; shafts of secondaries, 

 black. Newfoundland. 



Allen's Ptarmigan. 



Lagopus lagopiis alien i. 

 See No. 241. 



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Depth of bill at base, less than .40. 

 In summer: back, gray, mixed 

 with black, or tawiiy buff, or 

 graj' and white. In viinter : 

 plumage, white ; lores, usually 

 (not always) lilack. 



Rock Ptarmigan. 



La<jopns nipestria^ mul races. 

 See No. 242. 



Similar to Lagopus rnpestris, but iu summer, back, more heavily barred, f'ontiued 

 to Northern Labrador aud Greenland. 



Reinhardt's Ptarmigan. 



Lagopus rupestris reinhanlti . 

 See No. 243. 



Depth of bill at base, less than .40; shafts of secondaries, not black. 

 to island of Newfoundland. 



C'oufiued 



Welch's Ptarmigan. 



Lagopxis welelii. 

 See No. 244. 



