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THE COMMON PTARSnGAN. 
Lagopui muiv* — LsaCh^ 
PLATE XIX. Plumas* OF WiNTEa,— XX* Yodko. 
Tetrao IngopuB, Linnma.—Vtarmxgem, Fentutnt^ Latham. 
^White Grouse, Bettkk^i Birds— Co:xitnoa Ptarmigan, 
Jte^'i lUuslrationSf lis, and Ixix- p, 433. 
This delicateiy roarked bird in its summer dress, 
and of GDOwy wIiit€Uif^ lu w'mtet, appears also to be 
a Diitive uf bath tbe European and American contl- 
neuts, liiougli it is certainly more abundant in th€ 
fonner. Jt is a Kpeciea coiifimnl to llie tnost alpine 
dislricls, and may be said tO' be Tery generally spread 
over those of Europe. In Great Britain, its only 
habitation now ^eems lo be tbe bigb mountain ranges 
in tbe middle of SL-otUnidf increasing in abundance as 
the same kind of wild country reaches to the norlb, 
and it also esctendH to tbe Hebrides. According to 
pennant, and some contemporary writers, these birds 
were once found on tbe bills of Westmoreland and 
Cumberland ; and, I believe, recollections even exist 
of ft few having been seen upon the liigli ranges whicli 
appear on tbe opposite border of Scotland. Tbese have 
been for some time eJ£tirpate<i, fln<l unless a few eq- 
