REHUSAK PTARMIGAN. 



striped with red and black : the breast with a 

 dull brown space : the belly and abdomen white : 

 the feathers of the tarsi dirty white : the outer 

 tail-feathers black at their base, and white at 

 their tips : during the winter the toes are covered 

 with feathers, but in the summer they are but 

 slightly sprinkled with them. 



It inhabits the woods and forests of Lapland: 

 lays thirteen or fourteen reddish eggs, marked 

 with long brown spots : when disturbed it utters 

 a loud noise, like a coarse laugh. 



