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HOCK PTARMIGAN. 



times on the various kinds of liverwort. The 

 female lays her eggs on the ground ; they are from 

 six to ten in number, dusky with reddish brown 

 spots ; they are something larger than those of the 

 Partridge. 



They are called White Game in this country, 

 and their flesh is excellent food, being said to 

 taste so like the Black Grous as to be scarcely 

 distinguishable from it. 



ROCK PTARMIGAN. 

 (Lagopus rupestris.) 



La. aip'antius, Jlisciis air is liturisque albis mrius ; rectricibus 



atris apice albis, intermediis totis albis, loris nigris. 

 Orange Ptarmigan, varied with dark fasciae and white stripes ; 



the tail-feathers dusky, with white tips 5 the two middle 



ones entirely white, the lores black. 

 Tetrao rupestris. GmeL Syst» Nat. 1. 751. — Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 



640. 11. 



Tetrao Lagopus. mr» Temm. Gall, Ind, 7O8. 

 Tetrao Alpinus, var. Nilss. Orn, Suec. 1.311.? 

 Rock Grous. Penn. Arct. ZooL 2. 184. — Lath, Syn, Sup, 217« 

 17. 6. 



Latham makes mention of this bird in the fol- 

 lowing terms : " At Hudson's Bay a white Grous, 

 seemingly of a different species, is observed. In 

 size it is less by one third. It is exactly like the 

 other in colour, excepting it has a black line from 



