ORDER GALLING. II3 



[B 466, C 385^, R 473^, C 567.] 



Geog. Dist. — Coast ranges of northern California, Oregon, Wash- 

 ington, and British Columbia. 



Genus LAG-OPUS Brisson. 

 Lagopus Briss. Ornith. I. 1760, 181. Type, Tetrao lagopus Linn. 



301. Lagopus lagopus (Linn.). 



WiUoTV Ptarmigan. 



Tetrao lagopus Linn. S. N. ed. ro, I. 1758, 159. 



Lagopus lagopus Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. r88s, 20. 



[B 467, 47°, C 386, R 474, C 568.] 



Geog. Dist. — Arctic regions ; in America south to Sitka and the 

 British Provinces. Breeding range restricted to the arctic and sub- 

 arctic regions, mainly north of 55° N. lat. Accidental in New 

 England (Bangor, Me., and Essex Co., Mass.). 



301 a. Lagopus lagopus alleni Stejn. 

 Allen's Ptarmigan. 



Lagopus alba alleni Stejn. Auk, I. Oct. 1884, 369. 



Lagopus lagopus alleni Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 20. 



[B— , C— , R— , C— .J 



Geog. Dist. — Newfoundland. 



302. Lagopus rupestris (Gmel.). 



Rock Ptarmigan. 



letrao rupestris Gm¥X. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 751. 

 Lagopus rupestris Leach, Zool. Misc. II. 18 17, 290. 



[B 468, C 387, R 475, C 569.] 



Geog. Dist. — Arctic America (except the northern extremity), 

 from Alaska to Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; portions of 

 Greenland ; Aleutian Islands. 



