DCHP-1 Online
willow bird 
a widely distributed ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus albus.
See also: willow ptarmigan
- 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"). . . .
- 1882 We then enter on the home of the willow grouse, willow ptarmigan, or willow bird (Lagopus albus, Aud.). . . .