willow bird

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a widely distributed ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus albus.

Quotations

1882

We then enter on the home of the willow grouse, willow ptarmigan, or willow bird (Lagopus albus, Aud.). . . .

1884

To illustrate the usefulness of the rose, I append a table of observations on the contents of the crop of the . . . Birch and willow birds.

1959

Willow Ptarmigan [is also called] willow bird (Ont., "Keewatin"). . . .