ClafsII. PTARMIGAN. 207 



almoft reach the end of it. The plate M 5. of the 

 folio tdit'ion^ exhibits a motly variety of iha Plarmi- 

 gan, at a period it had not quite affumed its fummer 

 crefs : for this figure, and that of the fcaup duck^, the 

 editors of the folio edition of this work, are obliged 

 to their worthy countryman (by defcent) Mr. 

 Edzvards^ who generoufly dedicated thefe laft ef- 

 forts of his genius, to the fervice of the charity 

 fchool. 



Thefe birds are found in this kingdom in the 

 Scotifh Highlands only : their weight is near four- 

 teen ounces j their length thirteen inches three- 

 quarters ; their breadth twenty-three, Thefe birds 

 are called by Pliny^ Lagopi^ their feet being cloathed 

 with feathers to the claws, as the hare's are with fur : 

 the nails are long, broad and hollow : the firfl cir- 

 cumftance guards them from the rigor of the winter ; 

 the latter enables them to form a lodge under the 

 •fnow, where they lie in heaps to proted: themfelves 

 from the cold. 



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