} FEATHERED GAME 
issing some distance through them to creep 
refully out and fly noiselessly away when 
fe to do so. They often dive into the snow 
r shelter or to pass the night in winter, dash- 
g into it from the air and working their way 
r under the drifts for safety’s sake. They 
e said to be very careful not to touch their 
et to the snow in entering it in this little piece 
strategy, in order not to leave a scent for 
iy prowling fox to trace them out. 
In size the Willow Grouse is a trifle smaller 
an the spruce grouse—(length about four- 
2 inches)—but its heavily feathered body 
oks larger than it really is. 
Out of the ten different races of Ptarmigans, 
any so nearly alike that even a scientist can- 
t always name them to a certainty without 
e knowledge of the locality in which a speci- 
m was taken, this is the only visitor to New 
agland, and this one but rarely. 
The bird at the left in the plate is in the win- 
r dress; the bird at the right is in the sum- 
or plumage. 
