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willow ptarmigan
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a widely distributed ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus albus.
See: partridge(def. 2),snow-cock,snow partridge,white bird(def. 2),willow grouse(def. 1),willow partridge (def. 1)
Quotations
1898
Willow Ptarmigan . . . were not easily distinguishable at a little distance from the balls of snow which are common in the willow tops.
1947
The old-timers on the Bay owed a lot to the willow ptarmigan.
1966
Up in the Hudson Bay region we have the sharp-tailed grouse and the willow ptarmigan. . . .