132 GROUSE, BOIS~\VllI'l‘1<‘.S, ETC. 
     
    
   
   
    
     the warmer region of its range it roosts habitually among the thickets 
     
     of evergreen.—Ett.\'esr E. ’l‘noursox. 
     
    
   
   
    
     300a. B. u. togata. (Lime). CANADIAN Rt'rrm) (iltnl'sfl; PAR— 
     
     TRHNHC.»—'lk) be distinguished from the preeedintr by the, prevailing color of 
     
     the upper parts, which are gray instead of rufbus. and the more distinctly 
     
     barred under parts, the bars on the breast and belly being nearly as Well de~ 
     
     fined as those on the side; the tail is generally gray. 
     
    

    
     blower—Nova Seotia. northern half of Maine, northern Vermont, New 
     
     Hampshire, and New York northward and Westward to Iludson Bay and 
     
    
   
   
    
     Oregon. 
     
    
   
   
    
     301. Lag-opus lagopus (Lima). WILLow PTARMIGAN. All. 6 in 
     
     sumnun—Prevailing color above rufuus, or black thiekly barred or mottled 
     
     with rzqf'oux and butl'y or whitish; tail t'uscous, tipped with white; middle 
     
     tail~fcathers like the baek; throat. breast; and sides like the head and neck; 
     
     belly white. Ax]. 9 in selenium—Similar to the male, but the bars both above 
     
     and below broader and more numerous. Winterplumage—Outer tail—feathers 
     
     as in summer. rest of the plumage white. in; 151:0; W.; 1‘50; ’1‘.; 4-44); B, 
     
     from N.; '42; depth ot‘B. at N.. ‘44. 
     
    

    
     11'mzrzrl's.-—Both this speeies and its subspeeies alleni may be distinguished 
     
     from our other l’tarmigans by their more rufous color and larger bills. 
     
    

    
     li’zI/ig/y.—“ Northern portions of the northern hemisphere; south in winter; 
     
     in America to Sitka. Alaska. the British Provinces, and_oeeasioually within 
     
     the northern border of the United States” ('Bendirel. 
     
    

    
     Airs-t, on the ground. Jig/ye. seven to eleven. varying from cream—butt" to 
     
     rut'ous; h ‘avily spotted and blotehed with blackish, 1‘75 x 1'20. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This abundant and characteristic arctic bird does not nest south of 
     
     central Labrador, but migrates southward in winter to the St. Law- 
     
     rence, and has once been taken in northern New York and once in 
     
     New Brunswick. An extended account of its habits will be found in 
     
     Nelson‘s Report on Natural History (‘olleetions made in Alaska, 11. 131. 
     
     It is quoted by (‘aptain Bendire in his [life Histories of Ameriean 
     
     Birds (p. 71)), where will be found practically all we know concerning 
     
     the habits of this and the following members of this genus. 
     
    
   
   
    
     301a. L. l. alleni Ste/H. ALLHN‘s PTAmtmax.~l)itters from the pre- 
     
     ceding in havingr the “shafts of secondaries black. and quills (sometinn-s a 
     
     few of the wing—coverts also) more or less blotehed or mottled with dusky. 
     
     Summer plumages and young unknown "‘ lltidgwa). 
     
    

    
     11"!”1/(‘XfiNU‘Vibulltllflnt]. i 
     
    

    
     “ It frequents rocky barrens, feeding,r on seeds and berries of the 
     
     stunted plants that thrive in these exposed situations " (Merriam, 
     
     Urn. and 061., viii, 18b3, p. 43). 
     
    
   
   
    
     302. Lagopus rupestris (Gnu/.1. Rom; PTAIHIIGAN: Romain. .1/1. 
     
    
   
   
    
     5 in .wmmut—Gene ‘al color above grayish, the feathers black basally; lnad