Ptarmigan 



302c. Turner Plarmigan (i. r. atkkensis). Light- 

 er in general hue than 302d and without black blotch- 

 es on upperparts. (Elliot.) Ad. (f. Summer. "Ground 

 color of upperparts pale raw-umber brown, mixed 

 with pale ;^rayish; chest and neck barred with pale 

 brownish ochre and black." Ad. ^ , Summtir. Ground 

 color of upperparts rusty, mixed with pale grayish 

 buff, narrowly and irregularly barred witli black; chest 



and neck coarsely barred with rusty and black. 

 (Ridgw.) 



Range. — Alka, Aleutian IsIhuJs, 



302d. Townsend Ptarmigan (i. r. town^endt). Ad. 



f^, Summer. Above, breast and flanks raw umber 

 finely vermicuiated with bljick on back; with black 

 blotches on head, neck and upperpart of back and wings. 

 Ad. 9 J Summer. Above ochraceous^ blotched and 

 barred with black; lighter below. CEH'ot.) 



Kange, — Kyska and Adak, Aleutian Islands. 



302.1. Evermann Ptarmigan {Lagopus evermanni). 

 L. ij.c). Ad. (i^, Summer. Above and breast black 

 slightly marked with rusty. Ad. ^, Summer. Entire 

 body plumage, ochraceous, blotched and barred with 

 black and above tipped with while or ochraceous: be- 

 low black bars wider and no white tips. (tUiot.) 



Raftgi.— ^Attu, Aleutian Islands, 



303. Welch Ptarmigan {Lagopus wdsht) . L. about 

 14. Bill and tail as in No. 302; plumage grayer than 

 in INo. 302. Ad. (f, Summer. Above black jfws/)' and 

 irregularly marked with wavy lines of buff and white. 

 Ad. ? , Summer. Abovc black finelv and irregularly 

 barred with buffy, grayish and white. 



RanEe.— Nawfoundland. 



304.? White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus Imsurus). 

 L. 13. Tail white. Ad, c^, Summer. Breast fcarred, 

 black and white. Ad. 9. Summer. Above black 

 barred with rich huff; below rich buff barred with 

 blacit. Ads., Fall. Above and breast rich buff fine- 

 ly vermicuiated with black. Ads., IVinter. Entirely 

 white. Notes. When about to tly and at the begin- 

 ing of flight a sharp cackle like that of a frightened 

 hen. (Grinnell.J 



Range.— "Alpine summits of Rocky Mountains; south to New 

 Mexlrri: nnrth into Rritlsh America (as far as Fort Kalkstt, Liard 

 River); west lo higher ranges of Oregon, Washineton. and British 

 Columbia," (Bendlre,) 



304a.? Kenai White-tailed Ptarmigan (L. I. penin- 

 sularis). Similar to No. 304, but in summer buff 

 markings much paler; in fall, colors much grayer. 



Range, — Kenai Fenlnsula, Alaska. 



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