GALLlNvE. 
Family TETllAONID^. (Bonaparte.) 
Genus Tetkao. f Linnceus.) 
AVILLOW GROUSE. 
Tetrao saliceti. 
Tc4rao saliceti, 
“ lagopus, 
“ albus, 
“ suhalpina, 
Lagopus albus, 
“ saliceti, 
Lagopede des saules, 
Mora st-Schncehuhn, 
Dal Itipa, 
Dairy pa skogsrypa, 
Mezakana, 
Riefsak, 
Temminck. 
LiNNiEUS. 
Gmelin. 
Nilsson. 
JioNAPARTE. 
SWAINSON. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Swedish. 
Norsk. 
Finnish. 
Lapp. 
Specific Characters. — The primaries, abdomen, and feet white 
in the adult in all seasons. Tail square, of fourteen feathers, 
and always black. First primary one inch and three eighths 
shorter than the second, which is two eighths of an inch shorter 
than the third, which is equal to the fourth, and longest, the 
fifth always longer than the second. Length of male fifteen 
inches and a half; expanse of wing twenty-four to twenty -five 
inches; from carpus to tip eight inches; tail five inehes, extending 
beyond the closed wings about three inches; beak, from forehead, 
seven eighths of an inch, — from nasal furrow half an inch; 
