OIO 



GALLING. 



Family TETRAONIBjE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Tetrao. ( Linnceus.J 



WILLOW GROUSE. 



Tetrao saliccti. 



Tetrao saliceli, 

 " lagopus, 

 " albus, 

 " subalpina, 



Lagopus albus, 

 " saliceli, 



Lagope'de cles saules, 



Morast- Sehnceh u h n, 



Dal Hipa, 



Dairy pa slcogsrypa, 



Mezakana, 



Hiefsalc, 



Temminck. 



LlNN-ZEUS. 



Gmelin. 



NlLSSON. 



Bonaparte. 



swainson. 



Of the French. 



Of the Germane 



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 inches, extending 

 beyond the closed wings about three inches; beak, from forehead, 

 seven eighths of an inch, — from nasal furrow half an inch; 



