. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE PTAEMIGAN. LAGOPUS VULGARIS. IVinter plumageââ pure white, a black line from the angle of the beak through the eye ; outer tail-feathers black ; above the eyes a scarlet fringed membrane ; bill and claws black; tarsi and toes thickly clothed with woolly feathers. Feinaleâwithout the black line through the eyes. Summer phtmayeâwings, under tail-coverts, two middle tail-feathers, and legs white ; outer tail-feathers black, some of them tipped with white; rest of plumage ash-browu, marked with black lines and dusky spots. Length fifteen inches. Eggs red
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE PTAEMIGAN. LAGOPUS VULGARIS. IVinter plumageââ pure white, a black line from the angle of the beak through the eye ; outer tail-feathers black ; above the eyes a scarlet fringed membrane ; bill and claws black; tarsi and toes thickly clothed with woolly feathers. Feinaleâwithout the black line through the eyes. Summer phtmayeâwings, under tail-coverts, two middle tail-feathers, and legs white ; outer tail-feathers black, some of them tipped with white; rest of plumage ash-browu, marked with black lines and dusky spots. Length fifteen inches. Eggs reddish yellow, spotted and speckled with deep reddish brown. This beautiful bird is the Schneehuhn, " Snow-chick," of the Germans, the White Partridge of the Alps and Pyrenees, and the Gaelic Tarmachan. Whilst most birds shrink from cold, the Ptarmigan, on the contrary, seems to revel in it, and to fear nothing so much as the beams of the sun. ISTot even when the valleys rejoice in the livery of spring does it desert the snowy regions altogether, and, when the mist-wreaths clear away, it avoids the rays of the sun by seeking the shady sides of the mountains. Only when the northern regions or lofty mountains are A A 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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