m m
that scarcely
ily the female
» p i * » '
The pit)
middle
tells to
polygamous; I om
widely scm w « £
have his own particular stand
The first Plate represents the Is
they appear at midsummer, or
obtained on the Dovrefjeld, whicl
nmn dress—the state in which
the natural size.
ng the bird a very light ye
le, but, as well as the sides
By the second week in J
s are alike; all a t once tlv
a totally different and dai
i* male, her dress being f.
M9. But the females tier
fiber. I .fancy both sexes
s *nmm advances, till at k
is rusty yellow, with longitudinal markings
rk mottled with rusty yellow and white above,
itigs greyish brown. Early w August the b
in the spring they corec down to
eri The naintig'Season appears
This is soon answered by the
Soar«* naturalists appear to have
UiJi:- and Blackcock, both of
JV' Ptarmigans certainly have
(Nflttbt in the early spring, in
■h which is answered by the
Autwe another male intrudes on
» : lit*' c'Msd. both sexes with their brood
the etude being taken from an individual
case wish Scotch examples); the third, the
¡liember, and Octoh---.-. All the figure* art