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willow ptarmigan 
a widely distributed ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus albus.
See also: partridge (def. 2) snow-cock snow partridge white bird (def. 2) willow grouse (def. 1) willow partridge (def. 1)
- 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. . . .
- 1898 Willow Ptarmigan . . . were not easily distinguishable at a little distance from the balls of snow which are common in the willow tops.