:o^ PTARMIGAN. Clafs IL 



IV. The PTA RMIG AN. 



La Perdris blanche. Behn anj. White Game, erroneoufly called 

 259. the white Partridge. Wil. orn. 



Lagopus. Gefner a'u. 576. 176. 



Perdrjx alba feu Lagopus, Per- The Ptarmigan. Sib. Scot. 16. 



dice alpeftre. Aldr. a^v. ii. 66. Tl. enl. 129. 



Lagopus. Flinli lib. x. c. 48. A'cro--. Rype. Maslflandh, Riup- 



Tetrao Lagopus. Lin.fjji. 274. karre, is^w. Riupa. Brunnich, 



Snoripa. Faun.S-uec. fp. 203. 199. 



La Gelinore blanche. Brijjon Schneehun. Kram. 356. 



anj. i. 216. Br. Zool. 86. plates M 4. 5. 



Raii/yn. ^-x', 55. 



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^HISbirdisweIIdefcnbedbyMr./F'///tf«^y^^j5under 



the name of the white game. Mr. BriJJhn * joins 



it with the white partridge of Mr. Ewards, plate 72. 



but thefe two birds differ greatly ; the former being 



above twice the fize of the Ptarmigan j and the color 



of its fummer plumage quite different; that of Mr. 



Edwardsh bird being marked with large fpots of 



white, and dull orange -, that of the Ptarmigan is either 



of a pale brown or afh-color, motled with fmall 



Defer, dufky fpots •, both agree in their winter drefs, being 



intirely white, except as follows : in the male a black 



line occurs between the bill and the eyes j the fhaft 



of the feven firft quil feathers are black : the tail of 



the Ptarmigan confifts of fixteen feathers ; the two 



middle of which are afh- colored, motled with black, 



and tipt with white ; the two next black flightly 



marked with white at their ends, the reft wholly 



black 5 the feathers incumbent on the tail white, and 



■^ Tom. i. p, 216. 



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