•RirAa of the Adirondack Region. 
O.H,MerrJaiii. 
1,8 Lagopus albus {Gmclin') Audubon. Willow Ptarmigan.- 
Mr Romeyn B. Hough has a specimen of this species, that was khled in 
f n of Watson on the eastern border of Lewis County, May , 
^M, nlfgh writes me that he has been toid by lumbermen from 
this Region that ^hey had seen “ White Partridges ” there in winter, and 
he presumes they were of 1831 , P.233 
The Willow Gkodsb ih New York. — Mr. Romeyn B. Hough, Cor- 
nell University, Ithaca, N. Y., writes ; “ Not finding the Willow Grouse 
{Lagopus albus) hitherto credited to the State of New York, I take the 
liberty of informing you that there is one in my collection which was 
taken in Watson, Lewis County, on May 22, 1876. It was killed by the 
person who brought it to me, who said that it was the only one he saw, 
and that it was not very shy. It was a male, changing plumage, — mostly 
white, but with brown head and neck. This is the first instance that has 
come to my certain knowledge, though I have heard of some lumbermen 
catching in winter what they called a ‘ White Partridge,’ and w'hich was 
probably a Ptarmigan, though possibly an albino Spruce or Ruffed Grouse.” 
— Elliott Codes, Washington, D. 0. 
Bull. N. 0.0, 3, Jan, , 1878. p, y/. 
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