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Stories about birds of land and water (1874)

Kirby, Mary, 1817-1893, Kirby, Elizabeth, 1823-1873 · Hartford [Conn.] : American Publishing Co. · leaf 205

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 205 — ty. The ptarmigan has a black beak, and a small black patch behind theeye. Almost all the plumage is pure white ; but some of the tail feathers areblack, tipped with white. The legs and toes are white and the claws black.This is his winter dress. In summer the head and neck are mottled withspeckle… … vVs^ S^^_^-3 THE WILLOW ITARMIGAX. but in the spring her costume changes, and the feathers have a mixture ofblack and yellow, with white tips. In Norway the ptarmigan is taken insnares that are set in the snow. A forked twig of birch is stuck into the snow,so as to make a kind of arch. A noose made…

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