grous. 239 



to twelve eggs, like those of the Guinea Fowl ; the common name 

 is Heath-Hen. An Act for their preservation was passed in 1791, 

 and a fine of two dollars, if killed between the 1st of April and 5th 

 of October. About twenty years since, a brace could be had for a 

 dollar, but now fetch from three to five dollars, as they are become 

 more rare. The flesh is delicate. 



8.— PTARMIGAN GROUS. 



Tetrao Lagopus, Ind. Orn. ii. 639. Lin. i. 274. Faun. suec. No. 203. Gm. Lin. i. 



749. Scop. i. No. 270. Brun. No. 198, 199. Muller, No. 223. Phil. Trans. 



lxii. 490. Id. lxiii. 224. Frisch, "t. 110. 111. Kramer, 356. Faun. Groenl. No. 



80. Georgi, 172. Faun. arag. p. 80. Raii, 55. 5. Will. 127. t. 22. Brit. i. 



216. Id. 8vo. i. 60. Klein, 116. iv. pi. in p. 226. Id. stem. p. 26. Borowsk. ii. 



189. Gerin. ii. 85. t. 239.— Summer. 240.— Winter. Gesner. Av. 1617. t. p. 



518. Bartr. Trav. p. 288. Tern. Man. 294. Id. Ed. ii. p. 470. Id. Pig. $ 



Gall. iii. 185. Id. Tab. Anat. x. f. 1, 2, 3. 

 Tetrao mutus, Mart. Act. Soc. Lund. iii. 55. 



La Gelinotte blanche, PL enl. 129. Id. 494. — in the summer dress. 

 Das Schneehuhn, Naturf. xvii. 71. Bechst. Dent. iii. 508. Id. Ed. 2d. iii. 1347. 



Schmid, Vog. p. 102. t. 90. 

 Habenfussige Waldhuhn, Bechst. ii. 1347. 



Le Lagopede, Buf. ii. 264. pi. 9. Id. Sonnin. iv. 36. pi. 42. f. 2. Enc. Orn. 203. 

 White Game, Will. Engl. 176. pi. 32. 

 Ptarmigan, Gen. Syn. iv. 741. Br. Zool. i. 95. pi. 43. Id.foL 86. pi. M. 4, 5. Id. 



Ed. 1812. i. p. 359. pi. 57. Arct. Zool. ii. 315. & 316. D. Tour in Scotland, 



1769. pi. 11. f. 1. Id. 8vo. pi. 16. f. 1. Flor. Scot. i. p. 23. Gent. Mag. 1772. 



pi. p. 74. Bewick,\. pi. p. 303. Lewin, iv. pi. 134. Wale ii. pi. 182. Donov. 



pi. 12. Orn. Diet. Sf Sup. Graves, Br. Orn. V. ii. Frankl. Narr. App. 688. 



LENGTH fifteen inches, weight nineteen ounces. Bill black ; 

 plumage pale brown, or ash-colour, elegantly crossed with small 

 dusky spots, and minute bars ; head and neck marked with broad bars 

 of black, rust-colour, and white; wings white; the shafts of the 

 greater quills black ; the belly white ; in the male the grey predo- 

 minates, but on the head and neck is a great mixture of red, with 

 bars of white : the female, and young birds, have a great deal of 



