ptarmigan's Usage Examples:

Guillemot >>The eider-duck, guillemot and other sea-birds are in some parts valuable for food in winter, and so is the ptarmigan.

covey of ptarmigan, which had preceded us to the place, again rose.

; the white-tailed ptarmigan is resident in the alpine regions; and on the plains are found the prairie sharp-tailed grouse and the sage-hen.

In the northern mountains the ptarmigan is common, and like other creatures assumes a white winter dress; ducks and other water-fowl frequent the lakes; the golden eagle, certain buzzards and owls are found, and among smaller birds the Lappland bunting (Plectrophanes laponicus) may be mentioned.

In the case of the ptarmigan the evidence is clear that the existing autumnal feathers do change, more or less completely, to white.

The willow-grouse (Lagopus albus), the ptarmigan (L.

The avifauna is very rich in migratory water and marsh fowl (Grallatores and Natatores), which come to breed in the coast region; but only five land birds - the ptarmigan (Lagopus alpinus), snow-bunting, Iceland falcon, snow-owl and raven - are permanent inhabitants of the region.

Among game-birds there are the quail (uzura), the heathcock (ezo-rachO), the ptarmigan (ezo-raicho or ezo-yama-doni), the woodcock (hodo-shigi), the snipe (ta-shigi) with two special species, the solitary snipe (yama-shigi) and the painted snipe (tama-shigi)and the pheasant (kiji).

americanus), in the arctic fox (Canis lagopus), in the stoat and ermine, and among birds, in the ptarmigan, and some other species of Lagopus.

Synonyms:

moorfowl, Lagopus, moor-bird, moorbird, genus Lagopus, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus, grouse, red grouse,

Antonyms:

cheer,