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and neck barred, and back marked with numerous fine wavy lines of gray 

 and white or bufty ; central tail-feathers like the back, outer ones fuscous, 

 generally tipped with white ; brciist and sides like the head and neck ; belly 

 white. Ad. 9 ifi surrvriier. — Above black, barred with ochraceous-bufi' and 

 margined with grayish ; middle tail-feathers the same, outer ones as in the 

 male; middle of the belly white, rest of the under parts like the back, but 

 with more ochraceous-baft'. Winter plumage. — Lores Hack, outer tail-feathers 

 as in summer, rest of the plumage white. W., 7'25 ; B. from N., 'So ; depth 

 ofB. at N., -32. 



liange. — "Arctic America in general, southeastward to the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence (Anticosti), except the northern extremity of the peninsula of 

 Labrador, and region thence northward, Greenland and Aleutian Islands " 

 (Bendire). 



N^est, usually placed among the dwarf bru.sh or sedge-covered patches of 

 the tundras. Eggs, six to ten, pale cream or yellowish bulf, sometimes with 

 a vinaceous-rufous suffusion, spotted and blotched with clove-brown or dark 

 claret-red, 1-65 x 1-18 (Bendire). 



" In its general manners and mode of living it is said to resemble 

 alb'ns [= L, lagopus], but does not retire so far into the wooded coun- 

 try in the winter " (B., B., and R.). 



302a. Ii. r. reinbardti {BreTim). Greenland Ptakmigait. " Sum- 

 mer mMe. — Similar to corresponding stage of L. rupestris, but less regu- 

 larly and coarsely barred above. Summer female. — Above chiefly black, this 

 varied irregulai-ly with pale grayish buff, mostly in form of borders to the 

 feathers and spots along their edges, or occasionally imperfect bars, these lat- 

 ter most distinct on wings, where the two colors are in about equal propor- 

 tion; lower parts light grayish buft', everywhere coarsely barred with black" 

 (Kidgw.). 



Range. — Northern parts of Labrador northward to Greenland. 



" They prefer more open ground, and rarely straggle even into the 

 .■skirts of the wooded tracts. The hilltops and barrens (hence often 

 called the Barren Ground Bird) are their favorite resorts " (Turner). 



303. Ijagopus Tvelchi Brewst. Welch's Ptakmisan. Ad. i in 

 summier. — Upper parts black, the head and neck barred with white and ochra- 

 ceous-buff. the back and wing-coverts finely and irregularly marked with 

 wavy lines of buffy and white; tail grayish fuscous, the middle feathers 

 tipped with white; throat white, foreneck like the hind neck, breast and 

 sides like the back : rest of the under parts white. 9 . — Upper parts black, 

 ■finely and irregularly bari'ed with ochraceous-buff, grayiah, and white; cen* 

 tral tail-feathers like the hack, others fuscous ; foreneck, breast, and sides 

 like the hind neck ; belly white. Winter plumage. — White, tall fuscous, the 

 central feathers tipped with white ; lores ilaoh, W., 7'25 ; B. from N., -35 ; 

 depth ofB. atN., -32. 



Jiemarh. — This species with L. rupestris is to be distinguished from 

 Zagopus lagopus by the oohraoeous-buff instead of rufous markings, the fine 



