Ptarmigan 



301. Willow Ptarmigan {Lagnpus lampiif.) . L.15. 

 Bill large, more than .4 deep at base; tail black, nar- 

 rowly tipped with white, j^d. (^ Summer. Throatand 

 upper breabt rusty brown. Ad. c? Fail. Rustier and 

 more finely marked above. Ad. 9 Summer. Above 

 black barred with buff atid tipped with white; below 



buff barred with black; middle of belly whitish, Ad. 

 9,Fj/;. Much like fall male. Jds.,lVmter. White, 

 till black tipped with white; no bl.ick before eye. 

 Noti;s. Song, A;i-ft/;-Afl-;6;7 while ascending five or ten 

 yards in the air; a hard rolling kr-r-r-r when descend- 

 ing. (NcUon.) 



Rritige. — Arctic Regloni; In Amprlir.i hrpedin? sniilh in l.,il. 55° 

 In winlpr mienitlng soiilh to Lat. sn": rerordpfl tinr.e friim Pe- 

 [lobsrnt Co.. Maine, and onre from Manchester, Mass. 



301a. Allen Ptarmigan (L. I. alhm"). Similar to 

 No. pi, but 9 more finely marked; shafts o"^ primarie'i, 

 at all seasons, strongly black sprpading to the web of 

 the feather. 



Range. — Newfoundland. 



302. Rock Ptarmigan {Lagopu- rupfslrts). L, 14. 



Bill tes than .4 deep at base; tml black. Always t') 

 he known from No. 301 by its smaller bill. Ad. ^f 

 Summer. Above irresularly barred and r.. ''cd with 

 gray and rusty buff; oelow barred bl:ick and whit= and 

 rusty buff. Ad, (^' Fall. Above minutely speckled 

 black, gray and biiff, the prevailing color being gray- 

 ish brown. Ad. (^ IVinter. White, lores and tail 

 black. Ad. '^ Summer. Above black barred with 

 rusty and margined with whitish; below rusty barred 

 with black and tipped with whitisii. Ad. 9 F^ll. 

 Like fail cf ■ Ad. ? (Winter. Like winter J* but no 

 black before eye. 



Range. — Norf!i America frum Gulf of St. L'lwrence and liiglier 

 mciuntains u( Britisli ColuiiibU iiur(h L.i Artlk RkkUius (esLKpt 

 norlfieiii Labrador) west through Alaska to Aleutian Islands. 



302a. Reinhardt Ptarmigan (i. r. Tdnhardti). 

 Ad. (^ Summer. Similar to No. 302, but "less regu- 

 larly and coarsely barred above" (Ridgw.) Ad. 9 

 Summer. Resembles 9 o^ No. 302, Ads. Fall Much 

 grayerthan No. 302 in fall. Ad\._ WinU-r, Like No. 

 302 in winter. Notes. When courting the male utters 

 a growling kurr-kurr. (Turner.) 



Range,— Northern Labrador north to Greenland. 



302b. Nelson Ptarmigan f/,. n nslsoni). Ad. (^, 

 Summer. Ground color of upperparts deep umber- 

 brown, very finely and denseilv vermiculated; chest 

 barred with bright tawny brown and black. Ad. 9, 

 Summer. Similar to 9 of No. joi. (Ridgw.) 

 KanEC, — Unalaska, Aleutian Islands. 



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