DCHP-1 Online
rock ptarmigan 
a chubby, partridge-like fowl, Lagopus rupestris, of the Barren Grounds.
See also: mountain partridge rock grouse rock partridge white grouse rocker ((2))
- 1882 . . . lastly there appears to be only the rocker or rock ptarmigan (Lagopus rupestris, Leach).
- 1883 There is another kind called the rock ptarmigan . . . an Alpine species, inhabiting only the highest and barest mountain ridges, and called the "mountain partridge."
- 1927, 1937 Jack shot 1 Rock Ptarmigan on ridge by his traps.
- 1964 Two species of ptarmigan--the willow and the rock--frequent Banks Island and supplement the Eskimos' diet.
- 1882 . . . lastly there appears to be only the rocker or rock ptarmigan (Lagopus rupestris, Leach).