£96 



REHUSAK PTARMIGAN* 

 (Lagopus Lapponicus.) 



La. corpore (estate rufo et nigricante striato ; area supra oculos 

 rubra ; collo Jerrugineo ; cauda nigra ; hyeme toto alho ; caudd 

 nigra, apice et rectricibus duabus intermediis alhis. 



ptarmigan with the body in summer striated with rufous and 

 dusky 3 the region of the eyes red j the neck ferruginous; 

 the tail black : in winter the whole body white ; the tail 

 black, with its tip and two middle feathers white. 



Tetrao Lapponicus. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 6A0. 12. — GmeL Syst, 

 Nat, ] . 751. 25. — Temm, Gall, Ind, 711. 



Bonasa Scotica. Briss. Orn. 1. pi* 22. f, 1. 



Tetrao subalpinus^ mr. Nilss. Orn. Suec, 1. 307. 



Tetras Rehusak. Tmm. Pig. et Gall, 3. p, 225. — Temm. Man, 

 d'Orni. p. 297. 



Rehusak Grous. Penn, Arct. Zool, 2. 3 10. E. — Lath, Gen. Syn, 

 Sup,p, 216. 



The Rehusak Ptarmigan is one of the species 

 that undergoes a change with the seasons, be- 

 coming, like the common species, nearly white in 

 the winter, with the outer tail-feathers black, and 

 the two middle ones and tips of the others white : 

 the plumage in the summer greatly resembles that 

 of the White Ptarmigan : the sides of the head 

 and the throat are of a deep red : the top of the 

 head black, with red spots : the neck reddish, 

 transversely striped with black : the back, the 

 rump, and the tail-coverts, striped with red and 

 black : some of the quills white, and the rest 



