| 单词 | ptarmigan |
| 例句 | One night she began a tiny coat of ptarmigan feathers for Tornait. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As she had anticipated, the hunting was excellent, and upon checking her snares the next day she found three rabbits and two ptarmigan. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There, as she suspected, lay several rabbits and ptarmigan. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Miyax found the names so nice that, as she took her cooking pot from the fire to offer her guests hot ptarmigan, she hummed and sang. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On August 11, he killed and ate one ptarmigan. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There rabbits and ptarmigan gathered to eat seeds out of the wind, and moose wintered on the twigs of the willows. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Finding a long branch, I held it like a sword at hip level and ran as fast as a person could run downhill in rubber boots, past the lurking ptarmigan. Explorer: Where Alaskan Adventurers Lay Their Heads 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z We passed grizzly bear mothers lumbering alongside cubs, flocks of ptarmigans and scurrying porcupines. Seeking out Alaska’s Denali National Park in a summer of overcrowded outdoor spaces 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Tiffany artisans inlaid the vessel’s body with First Nations iconography and perched a silver ptarmigan on the rim. Antiques: Intriguing Items From a Year of Auctions 2011-12-29T23:29:03Z This was no bear, however, but the beady-eyed state bird of Alaska, the ptarmigan. Explorer: Where Alaskan Adventurers Lay Their Heads 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z It’s a surprising contrast: The ptarmigan is beef red and the grouse is chicken white. Moose, Anyone? In Newfoundland, Food Both Rustic and Sophisticated 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z He also serves breast of rock ptarmigan and breast of spruce grouse, roasted over an open fire and served together on a plate drizzled with wild partridgeberry coulis. Moose, Anyone? In Newfoundland, Food Both Rustic and Sophisticated 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Seeing a reindeer nonchalantly munching on berries and grass and a ptarmigan comfortably nestled in a patch of crowberry bushes led me to think the fire was no longer an issue. Trekking through fire and ice on Greenland’s 102-mile Arctic Circle Trail 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z A silver ptarmigan is perched on the vase rim. Antiques: Dymaxion Cars, Americana Auctions and French Gilded Art 2011-01-13T22:41:34Z It is a land of ptarmigan and marten, musk ox, caribou, moose, wolf and bear. A Remote Canadian Lake and Its People: Protecting a Last Refuge 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z In fact, it would take a train ride, a puddle jumper and a face-off with a ptarmigan to reach it. Explorer: Where Alaskan Adventurers Lay Their Heads 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z Glistening cuts of Isfjord cod and roe were nestled atop beds of lichen and ptarmigan feathers. Greeting the New Year in Earth’s Northernmost Settlement 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The agency missed a deadline to complete the process of listing the ptarmigan as threatened, the lawsuit alleges. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The left photo depicts an arctic fox with white fur sleeping on white snow, and the right photo shows a ptarmigan with white plumage standing on white snow. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Rainier ptarmigan, the saltmarsh sparrow of the Atlantic coast and numerous birds of Hawaii. Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Scotland is home to Arctic specialists - birds like dotterel, snow bunting and ptarmigan - which are found high on Scotland's mountains. Frozen Planet: Filming climate change in action on an Arctic glacier 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Sometimes the groups get lucky and spot a ptarmigan, or a long-tailed weasel in its white winter coat. Why does snow glow blue? How could a fly possibly survive high-elevation elements? Join us for an exploration of Washington’s winter wonders. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z The Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan has adapted to live in frigid climates, burrowing into dry, fluffy snow and packing on weight to keep warm in the winters. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The white-tailed ptarmigan is the smallest grouse in the North America. Officials say snow-loving bird resilient to climate change 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z A few years from now, these stems will develop into a barrier against erosion, a carbon sink and a habitat for distinctive Highland birds such as the capercaillie and ptarmigan. The end of farming? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Its decline has been caused by a number of factors, including crows attracted by the rubbish left by visitors, which prey on the ptarmigan’s eggs and chicks. A warm welcome? The wildlife visitors warning of climate disaster 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z On a recent afternoon, he netted seven ptarmigan and hung the birds outside his front door, their bodies displaying white winter coats. Facing catastrophic climate change, they still can’t quit Big Oil 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “You might think well, species like these: The ptarmigan or the marmots or whatever it is can just go uphill where it’s as cold as they like it,” Bond said. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The herders watch the birds, the snow buntings and ptarmigans, the ravens and bluethroats. The Fight for the Reindeer 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z We encountered moose, bears, caribou, Dall sheep and many a flock of dimwitted ptarmigans. Opinion | Lost in Alaskan Wilderness, I Found My Anti-Home 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z On the Cairngorm plateau, our sole example of the arctic-alpine biome, the ptarmigan – the only British bird that turns white in winter – is gradually declining, with just a few thousand pairs remaining. A warm welcome? The wildlife visitors warning of climate disaster 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Whereas the polar sea is abundant in life, vertebrate species on land are few, if memorable: polar bears, arctic fox, reindeer, ptarmigan. Naked geology, dazzling light… my journey into the Arctic 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z The white-tailed ptarmigan is the smallest bird in the grouse family, typically growing no longer than 12 inches. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Their 77 active projects deal with such issues as heavy-metal contamination of soil and the capture of ptarmigan chicks. In the deepest Arctic, sled dogs, polar bears and famed seed vault face melting snow and ice 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Some species sporting seasonal camouflage are the snowshoe hare, Arctic fox, and ptarmigan. How Color-Changing Animals Are Rebelling Against Climate Change 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Until the start of the 19th century, the ptarmigan could be found across a wide swathe of northern Britain, south to the Lake District; but today it survives only in the Highlands. A warm welcome? The wildlife visitors warning of climate disaster 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Willow ptarmigan flourish in the Arctic’s northern tundra. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z They also know ptarmigan are especially vulnerable to climate change. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Mountaintop tundra areas are warming up earlier in the spring, which is linked to a 50 percent decline in white-tailed ptarmigan that live on the tundra year-round. Retired teacher volunteers at national park for decades 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Alongside the small flocks of ptarmigan feeding on the side of the mountain, you may also see another creature well adapted to this wintry habitat: the mountain hare. How wildlife copes in the Cairngorms 2014-01-20T07:48:02Z Scotland's upland birds include black grouse, ptarmigans, golden eagles and peregrine falcons. Sightings of upland birds sought 2013-06-14T23:39:00Z Willow ptarmigan flourish in the Arctic’s northern tundra. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z “Climate change is one of the reasons why there are concerns about ptarmigan,” Schroeder said. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z We saw ptarmigan, elk, and scads of hyperactive pikas — a skittering, squeaking alpine rabbit relative. What Does a Marmot Sound Like? 2012-08-07T17:15:00.200Z Both ptarmigan and mountain hare are also vulnerable to the third creature able to turn white in winter: the stoat. How wildlife copes in the Cairngorms 2014-01-20T07:48:02Z The rock ptarmigan - a chicken-like bird that lives year-round on the Arctic ice and tundra - is just as fit when it has fattened up for the winter. Arctic birds still fit when fat 2012-07-02T10:00:43Z Willow ptarmigan flourish in the Arctic’s northern tundra. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z While the birds in the winter rely on snow, in summer, the ptarmigan prefers cool, damp areas created by melting snowfields and glaciers. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The Alert’s game-bag for winter and early spring included six musk-oxen, twenty hares, seventy geese, twenty-six ducks, ten ptarmigan, and three foxes. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z From the snow-covered floes were entirely absent the tiny traces of the snowy ptarmigan, the weaving, wandering trails of the arctic fox, and the sprawling foot-marks of the polar bear. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z With the help of their Norwegian colleagues, the scientists set up a "little gym" for their ptarmigans, and kept the room at a chilly 6C to make sure the birds were comfortable. Arctic birds still fit when fat 2012-07-02T10:00:43Z Two days later found me keen as mustard to scale the heights of Ben Hope for ptarmigan. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z According to the federal proposed rule for listing the species, rising temperatures associated with climate change are expected to have direct and rapid effects on individual ptarmigan, which experience physiological stress at 70 degrees. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The hare, of course, like the ptarmigan, was at this season snowy-white; and Blue Fox would have had small fortune, indeed, in the chase had he himself remained in summer livery. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Hare after hare and ptarmigan after ptarmigan were pursued and killed. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z This beautiful ptarmigan is still abundant on the shores of Hudson Bay. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z We had agreed that, on no account, were we to fire at anything but ptarmigan. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z The alpine meadows of the Cascades used by breeding ptarmigans could decline by 95% in the next five decades under current climate-change projections, according to the center. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z In this fashion, too, he would often capture a ptarmigan, pouncing upon it just as the startled bird was spreading its wings for flight. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z “Well, there are five eggs in a laverock’s among the corn, and I know where there is a ptarmigan’s and a whaup’s, far away up among the mountains.” Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z This species, first described from specimens sent from Hudson Bay, is more northern in its range than the willow ptarmigan. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z Both in this sierra, in Nevada, and other alpine ranges, we have kept a strict look-out for ptarmigan, but not a sign of them have we met with. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z As the climate warms, animals like ptarmigan could be forced higher and higher up in elevation, and their islands of habitat will become smaller and farther apart, Schroeder said. Group sues over federal protections for snow-loving WA bird, ‘harbinger’ of climate change 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Among birds particularly interesting because of curious and unusual habits are the broadtailed hummingbird, water ouzel, campbird, nuthatch, nighthawk, and the ptarmigan, pipit, and rosy finch of the high peaks. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z I wonder if the ptarmigans will build next year in the same place as they did last. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z A wearied ptarmigan alighted near the ship, but before it could take wing again the dogs caught it, and scarcely a feather remained by the time I could rush on deck. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z “Every one you bag saves the life of a dozen ptarmigan hens, and probably a lot of lambs and fawns,” said Mills. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Bustards, ptarmigans, blue-legged quails, hurried through the grass to the thicket; through the sky flew ravens, crows, and even water-birds, evidently frightened on the banks of the Danube or the swamps of the Dobrudja. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Hagues Peak is a resort of Rocky Mountain sheep and ptarmigan. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z In the summer time the children search for birds’ eggs, and in the autumn the men and boys keep on the lookout for eider-ducks, wild swans, ducks, geese and ptarmigan. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z Upon the green slopes our sportsmen found nothing but a few ptarmigan and a hare. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z He was later to learn that this was a ptarmigan hen and her chicks, the largest bird which lives 88 above timber in these mountains. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Black game may not be killed between the 10th of December and the 25th of August, nor ptarmigan between the 10th of December and the 20th of August. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The ptarmigan is light as pearl in winter, but its feathers become tipped with amber in summer. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The ptarmigan, the wild duck and goose, the plover, the curlew, and still other birds are to be found there. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z Seven or eight reindeer and some ptarmigan were seen; two of the latter and a hare were shot. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The sun mounts the Eastern air, drives the mists away and beyond the lichen patches loved by the ptarmigan—and it is day. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Partridges, quails, ptarmigans, and other birds of the steppe, shooting along through the grass, dash those pearls down to the earth. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z To us the ptarmigan was at all times fascinating, but it proved ever a thing of mystery. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z We were fortunate with our guns, shooting many ducks and geese, several swans, and a few grouse—probably ptarmigan. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Nothing has been seen but a few ptarmigan and one reindeer, which trotted off towards the ship. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z On our way we shot a brace of "schnee huhner," a species of ptarmigan, a pack of which very slow birds were running stupidly in and out amongst the rocks—and hurried on. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z With respect to the cause or purpose of the differences in colour between the summer and winter plumage, this may in some instances, as with the ptarmigan,132 serve during both seasons as a protection. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Tracks of ptarmigan, hare and foxes were found, and as we moved about with seeking, owl eyes, ravens shouted notes of welcome. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It was late, eleven, I suppose, and we were all out of sight of camp, when Jim and I—we were after ptarmigan—heard the crack of a rifle there. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Several ptarmigan, three or four hares, a snowy owl, and a bear-track, have at various times been seen. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Their last food was eaten October 7th, and nothing remained except old tea-leaves and two quarts of alcohol; but Alexey shot a ptarmigan, of which a thin soup was made. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z It preys on grouse, partridges, ptarmigans, pigeons, rabbits, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The combined efforts resulted in a long line of ptarmigan, two reindeer and sixteen hares. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z On lifting his head from the delicious water, he could hardly believe his eyes as they rested on a solitary bird, that he knew to be a ptarmigan, crouching beside a bowlder. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z Young has shot four ptarmigan, and I have shot a couple more and a hare, and the men have trapped two foxes. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Later De Long advanced a mile and camped in a hole in the bank; Alexey killed four ptarmigans and the party resorted to their deer-skin clothing for subsistence, but without avail. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z The little Alpine variety of the ptarmigan was now accompanied by its young. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z I was courting gastric desire, but the ptarmigan was engaged in another kind of courtship. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Here are found at this season myriads of the upland cranberries, upon which unnumbered ptarmigan, or the northern partridge, feed. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z I saw two reindeer, and Young saw about twenty ptarmigan. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z We passed an explosion of willow ptarmigan perhaps 25 strong. Meat Mountain, Mosquitoes and, Finally, Caribou 2010-06-22T15:29:00Z Very few birds were visible except the ptarmigan. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z As we neared a little moss-covered island in drifting southward, we saw the interesting chick footprints of ptarmigan in the snow. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z He caught a young ptarmigan, upon which the parent bird ran so close to him that he might have taken her also. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History When possible the men were allowed to go out shooting, and obtain fifty or sixty ptarmigan and a hare; a few foxes were taken in traps, and two reindeer were seen. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The flesh of these birds is not, as a rule, valued very much, but we ate it with ravenous appetites, and found that it had an excellent flavor—better than the tenderest young ptarmigan. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The vulture, eagle, and other birds of prey frequent the highest elevations, the ptarmigan seeks its food and shelter among the diminutive plants that border upon the snow-line. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide On the mainland we discovered abundant grass and moss, with signs of musk ox, ptarmigan, and hare, but no living thing was detected. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z During the chase they bivouacked on the snow, and subsisted on a few ptarmigan which they killed. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Up to this date we had shot during our journey only one bear and a couple of ptarmigan. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z In the land of the Vikings I shot ptarmigan, caught salmon, and gathered material for 'Erling the Bold.' My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. A number of musk oxen were shot in the vicinity, and now and then a ptarmigan was bagged. The Greater Republic A History of the United States An hour later he returned with four arctic hares and a brace of ptarmigan or Yukon grouse whose winter plumage was as spotless as the snow itself. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 Flocks of gulls, geese, ptarmigan, and other Arctic fowls wheeled round us. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Eider-ducks, looms, and dovekies are abundant, as well as hares and ptarmigan. 29th.—A bright and lovely day. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z A few trout and an occasional rabbit and ptarmigan would not keep them alive until the "break-up," when the bear would leave their "washes" and the caribou start north. The Whelps of the Wolf A few days later the Dummy discovered a string of ptarmigan hanging beside the rear door of a restaurant, and, desiring to offer June some delicate little attention, he returned after dark and removed them. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure It is a matter simply of catching fish in their nets during the summer, and in winter trapping the ptarmigan or wild grouse and hunting the walrus and the seal. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) With the aid of rabbits, a few ptarmigan, grouse, and the little food he had brought with him, he managed to exist. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon We have obtained but little here except water, a tolerable supply of rock cod, some ptarmigan hares, wildfowl, and a few items of stores. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Besides, Fleur had, from necessity and instinct, become a hunter, and many a ptarmigan and stray rabbit she picked up foraging for herself. The Whelps of the Wolf Having seen other mountain streams in the break-up, he waited philosophically, hunting ptarmigan among the firs back of the cabin. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Occasionally, however, one would scare up a covey of ptarmigan or white grouse, and of course there were fish in the stream. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) Under his right arm he carried his long, narrow snow-shoes, while over his left shoulder was a small rifle, pendant from which were a few plump white ptarmigan. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon Sometimes a few ptarmigan are met with, but hares very rarely. 12th.—Fine weather generally prevails. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z She had a habit of prowling around the neighboring "bush" at dawn, inspecting fresh tracks of mice, searching for ptarmigan or for the snow-shoe rabbits that were not there. The Whelps of the Wolf There was little game—just a few ptarmigan, golden plovers, and long-tailed ducks. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Several rabbit-tracks she crossed, and here and there the dainty trail of a ptarmigan, or the small, sequential dots of a weasel’s foot. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories Throwing his snow-shoes into one corner and the rifle with the ptarmigan on a pile of rugs, he sat down upon a small stool. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon A few ptarmigan and willow-grouse have been seen, and three shot. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Disease, too, as a hawk strikes a ptarmigan, would have struck down many a helpless child and woman marooned in snow-drifted tepee in the silent places. The Whelps of the Wolf We had great variety of meat, venison, Bighorn sheep, grouse, ptarmigan, wild pigeon, sometimes squirrel and, rarely, bear steaks. A Mountain Boyhood So Altamont and Bell, without going very far away, scoured the neighboring ravines; they brought back ptarmigan, geese, and a few gray rabbits. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Gently Bob removed the caribou-skin coat from the starving and exhausted traveller, and made him comfortable while the others brewed tea and heated some cold boiled ptarmigan in the pan. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob We can seldom leave the shelter of the ship for a walk on shore, and, when we do, rarely see even a ptarmigan. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z A few Eskimo huts were passed; game was more abundant, and as they came into heavily wooded country with guns and ammunition they supplied themselves with ptarmigan and other winter fowl of various kinds. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska Like the ptarmigan and the weasel, the snowshoe rabbit changed to a white coat for winter. A Mountain Boyhood The hunters made their way to the ship, guiding themselves by the stars; their expedition was not wholly without result; they were able to bring back several ptarmigans. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Wild geese and ducks upon the waters, and flocks of ptarmigans along the shores, gave promise of an abundance and variety of food. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob Three or four coveys of ptarmigan have been seen, and of these I shot one brace. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The nuggets found in the craw of the ptarmigan, though not large, were of pure gold, and once clean of filth looked good to the eyes of the patient prospectors. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska Above timberline were the ptarmigan, always easy targets for a well-aimed stone. A Mountain Boyhood Bell had just shot some ptarmigans and a white rabbit, the first harbinger of spring. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The following morning and for four successive mornings the cup of broth and the portion of ptarmigan awaited him when he awoke. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob On the 29th a few fresh tracks of animals and a ptarmigan were seen: yesterday I saw three ptarmigan. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z There was once a wifeless man who always went out hunting ptarmigan. Eskimo Folk-Tales Rabbits, grouse and ptarmigan were all available and filling, but the most abundant and most easily caught food in all the Rockies at that time were the mountain trout. A Mountain Boyhood But a hare, a few ptarmigans, even a young fox, would have been welcome to the table of Doctor's House, and the hunters resolved to shoot whatever should come within range. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Then there came a day when he awoke to find her gone, and no broth or ptarmigan awaiting him. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob Yesterday eight ptarmigan and a sooty fox were seen. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z It became his custom always to go out hunting ptarmigan every day. Eskimo Folk-Tales He and the Bighorn, ptarmigan, weasels and foxes are mountain-top dwellers throughout the year. A Mountain Boyhood Another similar symptom was the reappearance of some ptarmigans, arctic geese, plover, and flocks of quail; the air was soon filled with the deafening cries which they remembered from the previous summer. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras With the end of February ptarmigans began to reappear among the willows along the river bank. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob I shouldn’t wonder if the ptarmigan would grow much scantier when we get down out of the mountains farther. Young Alaskans in the Far North And when he was out one day, hunting ptarmigan as was his custom, he came to a place whence he could see out over a rocky valley. Eskimo Folk-Tales But there was a strange bird above timberline, the ptarmigan, the arctic quail of the north—fool hens, the Parson told me. A Mountain Boyhood Could not a single gull or ptarmigan find a resting-place there? The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The ptarmigans, now changing their mottled brown-and-white coat for the pure white plumage of winter, were gathered into large flocks, and easily had. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob There is mighty little hope for us to get anything unless we can catch some fish as we go along—and unless we continue to eat rabbits, and maybe some ptarmigan. Young Alaskans in the Far North And when they had been out hunting ptarmigan, the men of that place were always very eager to take their catch. Eskimo Folk-Tales They stalked the ptarmigan above timberline, and the grouse that had migrated up the slopes to winter, below it, and accounted for the death of many. A Mountain Boyhood The ptarmigans alone, a sort of rock-partridge peculiar to this latitude, did not flee the winter; it was easy to kill them, and there were enough to promise a perpetual supply of game. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Turning again to the pail, she drew forth half a boiled ptarmigan, which she passed him. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob Fish are said to be plenty, also plenty of ptarmigan and rabbits farther up. Young Alaskans in the Far North There were two little boys and they had no father and no mother, and they went out every day hunting ptarmigan, and they had never any weapons save a bow. Eskimo Folk-Tales Hunting furnished some ptarmigans and white hares; but this resource would soon fail them, with the approach of the terrible cold weather. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories During a fortnight they hunted a great deal; fresh food was abundant; they shot partridges, ptarmigans, and snow-birds, which were delicious eating. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The stock of fresh meat, save a pair of geese and three pairs of ptarmigans reserved for a Christmas feast, was exhausted. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob The remaining rabbit skins were similarly used during the afternoon, as were the skins of two ptarmigan that Connie managed to bring down. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country And that was the last time they went out hunting ptarmigan. Eskimo Folk-Tales Without fully understanding this terrible effect, he advanced on his way, and soon put up a ptarmigan, which he eagerly pursued. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories We were fortunate enough, however, to see a flock of ptarmigan. Wild Life on the Rockies In previous years ptarmigans and spruce grouse had been so plentiful that they were easily killed when needed. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob They used to fetch in ptarmigan an' rabbits an' I'd take 'em away an' eat 'em. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country One day they went out hunting ptarmigan as usual, but there were none. Eskimo Folk-Tales These animals together with the ptarmigan made up the inhabitants of these lofty slopes. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Eagles soar the blue, and ptarmigan, pipits, and sparrows live on the alpine moorlands. Wild Life on the Rockies Once a small flock of ptarmigans was seen along the willow brush that lined a stream. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob But you have to be feathered to the toes like a ptarmigan in this northern country so that rough ways and rough winds can’t strike a chill into you. The Prairie Child Bear, elk, red deer, ptarmigan, and wild-fowl abound in the forests and along the shores of the lakes. The Land of Thor The ptarmigan lived in the matted patches of willow. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse On the heights, sometimes nesting at an altitude of thirteen thousand feet, is found the ptarmigan, which, like the Eskimo, seems supremely contented in the land of crags and snows. Wild Life on the Rockies The few ptarmigans killed now and again were of small assistance. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob The only four-footed animals observed on it were white hares and a fox: the birds were ptarmigans, snipes, snow-buntings, and larks. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Curlews, ptarmigans, cormorants, and ospreys are also seen in greater or less numbers. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Sitting down, the lunch was unstrapped from a pony, and a strap fell on a ptarmigan, sitting, actually, under the pony. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter In place of gloves they wear handlets of grass decorated with feathers of duck or of ptarmigan. The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo He wondered if Bob and the others had thought of him when they ate their Christmas dinner of geese and ptarmigans. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob On the 12th of May, some ptarmigans were seen. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe When rocks and moss are buried deep beneath the snow, and a keen-eyed hawk appears, the white-feathered ptarmigan crouches and becomes an inanimate mound. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year A party of ornithologists were trying to get a specimen of the ptarmigan in breeding plumage, but failed up to luncheon time. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter These are danced in pantomime and depict the life of arctic animals, the walrus, raven, bear, ptarmigan, and others. The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo He killed three ptarmigans as he travelled, and the flesh of the ptarmigans made him strong to reach the lodge of White Brother of the Snow. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob The animals were mice, deer, a musk ox, a pair of swallows, ducks, geese, plovers, and ptarmigans; with some of which they occasionally varied their fare. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe There is only one other bird in Colorado that has so high a summer range, and that is the white-tailed ptarmigan, usually called, in hunter's parlance, the "mountain quail." Our Bird Comrades A couple of hours before reaching Mollahoi, Harding caught sight of some ptarmigan within a few yards of the track. From Paris to New York by Land Among the birds may be noted swan, geese, duck, curlew, mallard, snipe, plover, ptarmigan,—90 species of birds, in fact, 54 of which are wildfowl. A Girl's Ride in Iceland With one exception—the white-tailed ptarmigan—they range the highest in summer of all Colorado birds. Birds of the Rockies Both are sometimes, though erroneously, called 'ptarmigan;' but they are not the true ptarmigan—such as exist in North Europe—though these last are also to be met with in the Northern parts of America. Popular Adventure Tales Their provisions were nearly gone and all that saved their lives was skill in hunting whereby they secured several hundred white partridges, or ptarmigan. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Once, by the roadside, we saw an Arctic ptarmigan, as white as the snow, with ruby eyes that sparkled like jewels as he moved slowly and silently along, not frightened in the least. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland In the land of the Vikings I shot ptarmigan, caught salmon, and gathered material for “Erling the Bold.” The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Accordingly, in these cases the animals change their colour in the winter months to a snowy white: witness stoats, mountain hares, ptarmigan, &c. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions He showed her the tracks of the ermine and, now that they were reaching the high altitudes, the trail of the ptarmigan in the snow. The Snowshoe Trail The net was of service, not only for fish and beluga, but also for ptarmigan and foxes. Short Sketches from Oldest America The merchants had besides collected a considerable stock of goose quills, feathers, down, and ptarmigans' wings. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The ptarmigan frequents wild, mountainous districts, and builds its nest upon the open hillsides, among the coarse grass and mossy rocks. Chatterbox, 1906 I saw there also a beautiful white bird called a ptarmigan, which is a grouse, but it could not be caught. Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner Such of the other little people that remained—the weasel and the ptarmigan—had turned to the hue of the snow itself. The Snowshoe Trail In netting ptarmigan, the only caution necessary is not to frighten the birds, but to keep them walking forward slowly. Short Sketches from Oldest America Only the mountain owl, a species of raven and the ptarmigan wintered in the region, the last named being occasionally snowed up. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II In winter-time, however, when the hillsides are covered with snow, the ptarmigan would be easily discovered, if it retained its summer dress. Chatterbox, 1906 It was a sore blow to his pride that his armament had consisted of a light, twenty-gauge shotgun, whose possibilities for slaughter were limited to rabbits, spruce-hens, and ptarmigan. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Perhaps Pete's eyes had begun to gleam,—such a gleam as the ptarmigan sees in the eyes of the little weasel, leaping through the snow. The Snowshoe Trail They say that ptarmigan and mountain hares are to be found there.” Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication A red fox was seen at a great distance but neither ptarmigan nor traces of them could be discovered. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The enemies of the ptarmigan are the larger birds of prey, and animals of the weasel kind. Chatterbox, 1906 Hunting excursions were organised, and reindeer, musk oxen, partridges, and ptarmigan were met with. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold I’ll warrant me there are sea-trout there, perhaps salmon, and the ground hereabouts seems a likely place for grouse and ptarmigan. Chasing the Sun At times they have been fed for days on rabbits straight; at times on ptarmigan straight. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska On the other hand we found traces of hares, ptarmigan, and a couple of lemmings. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The ptarmigans, a sort of partridge, alone stay the winter in these latitudes; they are easily killed, and their great number promised an abundant supply of game. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras On the same day the last covey of ptarmigan was met with. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold I took my short pair of skees, covered with sealskin, and went ptarmigan hunting. The Land of the Long Night The ptarmigan seem to have supplemented the meagre stocks in the Iditarod during this winter of 1910-11 as effectively as the rabbits did in the Fairbanks camp in the scarce winter of 1904-5. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska On a hill north of the lake, where Potentilla, Carex, and Poa stuck up through the snow-covering, we saw a large number of traces of the fox, the hare, and the ptarmigan. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II So saying he lifted the animal on his shoulders, and they made their way to the ship, guided by the stars; still their expedition was not quite fruitless: they bagged several brace of ptarmigans. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Thus the months went by until the middle of May arrived, and the ptarmigan began to appear. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold He was evidently hungry, and was hunting ptarmigans himself. The Land of the Long Night These creeks swarmed with ptarmigan, and it was well they did, for the new camp was ill supplied with food, and we found ourselves in a region of growing scarcity as we approached the Iditarod. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska The food of the fox appears in winter to consist of hares, ptarmigan, and lemmings. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Mollie goes often these days to look for foxes and to shoot ptarmigan, taking with her a dog-team, and a native boy or two with their guns. A Woman who went to Alaska The ptarmigan scuttles away among the rocks, the marmot whistles, the conies utter their slender wistful cries. A Daughter of the Middle Border One day last fall as I was hunting for ptarmigans I saw in the distance a huge brown bear walking about and getting ready for his winter quarters. The Land of the Long Night In place after place the whole creek valley, where it was open, was crisscrossed with ptarmigan tracks, and the birds rose in coveys, uttering their harsh, guttural cry at every turn of the trail. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska On the 14th December, during a sledge journey into the country I saw, about ten or twelve English miles from the coast, two large coveys of ptarmigan, one of which probably numbered over fifty. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Around us we saw plenty of ptarmigan tracks, but no signs of foxes. A Woman who went to Alaska This greatly impeded our progress; and our provisions being short, I shot some ptarmigans, which were frequently seen on our route. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. The owl was big and beautiful, and I said to myself, "The ermine feeds on the ptarmigans, and the owl on the ermine." The Land of the Long Night The boys on their return usually brought with them a few brace of ptarmigan or grouse or spruce hen or, at the least, a rabbit or so. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska The produce of hunting was confined during the course of the winter to some ptarmigan and hares, and thus did not yield any contribution worth mentioning to the provisioning of the vessel. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II She had nearly one hundred ptarmigan, enough to last till the captain came home, and would not leave us again alone. A Woman who went to Alaska The tiger and the ptarmigan are, measured vertically, close neighbors, a mile or two apart, within easy calling distance. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 I did not like the idea of the harmless ptarmigans being eaten by ermines and owls, so I raised my gun and knocked him over. The Land of the Long Night When it was not so deep, he looked for grouse or ptarmigan, investigated many strange things, or ran at large over the frozen surfaces of the little lakes. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life The ptarmigan here is not indeed so plump and good as the Spitzbergen ptarmigan during winter, but in any case provided us with an always welcome, if scanty change from the tiresome preserved meat. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II While I gave Jennie her lesson her mother came from her hunting, and had shot six ptarmigan, having hurt her finger on the trigger of the gun. A Woman who went to Alaska The rabbits have blue fur, and the ptarmigans' feathers are a bright azure. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance There were a great number of ptarmigans, and they were so tame that we had no difficulty in getting many for food. The Land of the Long Night We saw six ptarmigans, but they got away from us. Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm This time it went worse with the counterfeitor than in the case of the ptarmigan bargain. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II B. shot more ptarmigan, and we had a dinner of them, which was excellent. A Woman who went to Alaska This bird is a species of ptarmigan, and is pure white, with the exception of the tips of the wings and tail. Hudson Bay In the land of the Vikings I shot ptarmigan, caught salmon, and gathered material for Erling the Bold. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories Then they were yellow and dirty, but now they are white as ptarmigans in winter. Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm Myriads of wild-fowl—from the lordly swan to the twittering sandpiper—swarmed among its sedgy lakelets, while grouse and ptarmigan were to be seen in large flocks on its uplands. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole In a marvellously short time—for our fire was truly intense—the tea and ptarmigan were ready, and we proceeded with supper as comfortably as before. The Big Otter During the whole day we wandered about the woods, sometimes killing a few ptarmigan, and occasionally a kind of grouse, which are called by the people of the country wood-partridges. Hudson Bay Ducks, geese, and plover no longer enliven the marshes with their wild cries; but white grouse, or ptarmigan, fly about in immense flocks, and arctic hares make many tracks in the deep snow. Away in the Wilderness At this moment a large flock of ptarmigan, startled by the double report, rose with a loud, whirring noise about a hundred yards in advance, and after flying a short distance alighted. The Young Fur Traders Captain Nares of the Alert, in May 1876, when only a little to the southward of this, saw ptarmigan flying in pairs to the north-west, seeking for better feeding-grounds. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole The rise of the ptarmigan had another effect, on which the travellers had not counted. The Big Otter One or two flocks of ptarmigan, scared by the storm, flew swiftly past us, and sought shelter in the neighbouring forest. Hudson Bay Thus, day by day they advanced, living on the dried meat they carried on their backs, and the fresh meat and ptarmigan they procured with bolt and arrow. The Crew of the Water Wagtail Would you believe it, I’ve blown fifteen lumps of snow to atoms, in the belief that they were ptarmigan!’ and then he rushed off again.” The Young Fur Traders Even the ptarmigan were declared passable; and the venison, with an inch of fat on the haunches—words were not found sufficiently expressive to describe it. Ungava As we took to the land the covey of ptarmigan, which had preceded us to the place, again rose. The Big Otter In winter the woods and frozen swamps are filled with ptarmigan—or, as they are called by the trappers, white partridges. Hudson Bay The only ornament which he allowed himself was the white wing of a ptarmigan. The Prairie Chief To-morrow, you know, is a holiday, so we can camp out in the snow after visiting the traps, have our supper, and start early in the morning to search for ptarmigan.” The Young Fur Traders Meanwhile, the men busied themselves in preparing supper, and Chimo unexpectedly lent them some assistance by bringing into camp a ptarmigan which he had just killed. Ungava He referred to a ptarmigan which, plucked, split open, roughly cleaned, and impaled on a stick, was roasting in front of the fire. The Big Otter Born and reared at Nome on the barren tundra of Alaska, Marian had hunted rabbits, ptarmigan and even caribou and white wolves with her father in her early teens. The Blue Envelope Our sporting, on the whole, was tolerably successful, for we killed a quantity of ptarmigan, grouse, and other birds, besides several white hares. Peter the Whaler Poor fellow! he had been out since breakfast, and only shot a brace of ptarmigan, although they are as thick as bees and quite tame. The Young Fur Traders “Now, Eda, I will take a look among these rocks for a ptarmigan for supper; so you can amuse yourself watching Maximus build our house till I return.” Ungava The willows are smothered, all save the tops where the snow-flakey ptarmigan find food and shelter. The Big Otter Occasionally, too, either Dallas or Abel would stroll round with his gun and get a few ptarmigan or willow grouse. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze A little later, ptarmigan, grouse, and other birds made their appearance, and the Esquimaux reported that they had seen the tracks of deer and musk-oxen. Peter the Whaler In effect the great owl came sailing up, stooped and picked up the ptarmigan it had dropped, and went off to a ledge of the mountain higher up. Steve Young Now, you see, it is well you did not fire at the ptarmigan. Ungava No sooner was the fire crackling, the kettle singing, and the delicious odour of roasted ptarmigan tickling our nostrils, than disappointment gave way to hope and weariness to jollity. The Big Otter They had seen but little game, and so all that Sam had fired at had been a passing rabbit or ptarmigan. Winter Adventures of Three Boys Down we went, with long steps, almost flying, and leaving behind us the busy conies and the tame ptarmigans, to inhabit the peak until206 we should come again. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies The ptarmigan moults three times in the year. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told There were plenty of ptarmigan here, so that we saved our provisions—a matter of importance, as you know, in a country where we might have found nothing fit for food. Ungava I had gone out one morning with my gun to procure a few fresh ptarmigan, accompanied by Big Otter. The Big Otter Toby said it was some stunt to shoot ptarmigans. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North Both foxes and stoats are carnivorous and feed upon ptarmigan and hares, and they must be protectively coloured that they may catch their prey. The Human Side of Animals Now there can be no doubt that this white winter plumage makes the ptarmigan very inconspicuous amidst the snow. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told He hung one of the ptarmigan at his belt, and letting the dogs smell it, walked on before. Ungava The summer birds by this time had entirely deserted us, leaving, for our winter companions, the raven, cinereous crow, ptarmigan, and snow-bird. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 While Toby prepared and broiled two of the ptarmigans, Charley told the story of his experiences. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North Salmon, halibut, and ptarmigan are the usual luxuries, and they pall on the palate after a time. The Gourmet's Guide to Europe At daybreak I shot a ptarmigan which had walked into camp, and the shot set the echoes yelling among the mountains. In Search of the Unknown Others, that live where the snow melts in summer, only turn white in winter, such as the arctic hare, the arctic fox, the ermine and the ptarmigan. Logic Deductive and Inductive He had been punishing the dog for rousing a ptarmigan, and it was now lying fawning on him. The Bridal March; One Day Slowly it occurred to him that the wind173 blew across the marsh from the direction of the forest and toward the barrens, and was in his back when he followed the ptarmigans. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North Upon an unholy and cold shaly slope well up among the clouds, the mist, and the ptarmigan, Pig Head had hollowed him out a hollow, roomy enough for himself to crouch in. The Way of the Wild Neither he nor I alluded to the sound we had heard the night before; he boiled water and cleaned up the mess-kit, and I pottered about among the rocks for another ptarmigan. In Search of the Unknown Hundreds of ptarmigan are often thus caught by a single sweep of the net. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The ptarmigans are the people born in winter, the ducks those born in summer. Ancient Art and Ritual Once a ptarmigan started from the brush at her feet. The Sheriff's Son Upon opening the oven now it was found that the good friend who had made the oven had packed it full of rabbits and ptarmigans, the white partridge or grouse of the north. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell He would starve for want of prey, at the very time when the white fox, his neighbour, was stealing unperceived with stealthy tread upon the hares and ptarmigans. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science In our northern cold regions, where the wild geese and ptarmigan flock in immense numbers, this trap is commonly utilized. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The ducks take hold of one end, the ptarmigans of the other, then comes a tug-of-war. Ancient Art and Ritual Once they came upon some ptarmigans, white as the snow upon which they stood. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale For green fields he has snow and reindeer moss: for singing birds and flowers, the ptarmigan and the tundra. Science in Arcady There, everything is and must be white—hares, foxes, and ptarmigans alike; and the reason is obvious—there can be no exception. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science For the capture of the ptarmigan, the bait consists of a heap of gravel. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making If the ducks win there will be fine weather through the winter; if the ptarmigans, bad. Ancient Art and Ritual There were roast ptarmigans stuffed with fine-chopped pork and bread, and the unwonted luxuries of butter and sugar—and then the plum pudding served with molasses for sauce. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale I was clean shot out—ptarmigan—an' he had one cartridge left. The Turtles of Tasman If there be anything at all with a claim to be considered really indigenous, it is the Scotch ptarmigan and the Alpine hare, the northern holygrass and the mountain flowers of the Highland summits. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Page 239 The willow ptarmigan is the most common, and in Rome localities exists in almost incredible numbers. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Willis occasionally treated himself to a dish of boiled beans, and when fortune favored he ate ptarmigan. Jan A Dog and a Romance Then over and around the trap pieces of ptarmigan were scattered. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale Later two ptarmigan were spotted, and still later an eider duck. The Eternal Maiden Compared with the ptarmigan and the snowy owl, or even the ruffed grouse, all so well blanketed, he suggests a survival of the unfittest. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 Three huts of stone and snow were planned, and while they were building, the hunters of the party scoured the neighboring ice-floes and pools for game—foxes, ptarmigan, and seals. American Merchant Ships and Sailors On the contrary, as it lay there in his warm grasp, it was like the small, white, furred foot of a ptarmigan, so little and soft and gentle was it. Macleod of Dare Finally the storm cleared, and then it was discovered that the ptarmigans and rabbits, which had been so plentiful and constituted their chief source of food supply, had disappeared as if by magic. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale There was a washstand with white pitcher like a ptarmigan in the white nest of a bowl, several towels with red bands towards their ends flanking it. The Desert Valley The flavour is somewhat like ptarmigan and the natives eat them, as usual, without waiting until they were properly cooked. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State The ptarmigan's bead eye alone betrayed him, he had no outline. The Silent Places There was small variety for the table, to be sure, but there was always plenty of good venison, varied with ptarmigans, and now and again a porcupine. Bobby of the Labrador They appeared to esteem as a particular delicacy the freshly killed ptarmigans, still warm with the life blood, eating even the entrails uncooked. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale Except for the willow and rock ptarmigans the land game-birds are not many in kind or numbers. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 Among the former are the polar bear and the American polar hare, the snowy owl and the Greenland falcon; among the latter the arctic fox, the arctic hare, the ermine, and the ptarmigan. Darwinism (1889) The ptarmigan matched the snow,—the fox,—the ermine. The Silent Places Bobby kept the house, too, so well supplied with rabbits and ptarmigans, through his incessant hunting, that presently there were enough hanging frozen in the porch to last till the coming of warm weather. Bobby of the Labrador Not a ptarmigan fluttered before the hunter, and no rabbit tracks broke the smooth white snow beneath the bushes. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale Inland game birds, except ptarmigan, are the only kind of which there is never likely to be a great abundance, owing to the natural scarcity of their food. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 The summer birds had by this time entirely deserted us, leaving for our winter companions the raven, cinereous crow, ptarmigan, and snow-bird. The Journey to the Polar Sea The birds seen by our people were many brent-geese and ptarmigans, several golden plovers, one or two "boatswains," and abundance of snow-buntings. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 This was the condition of affairs when Bobby and Jimmy set out one cold, clear morning to hunt for ptarmigans, the white grouse of the North. Bobby of the Labrador "Say it is the white ptarmigan you caught in the snare," whispered she. Weird Tales from Northern Seas I told him all about the camp by the little lake, and the winding distant river, and the cries of the ptarmigans and the loons, and the finding of the stag. Sweetapple Cove It seemed about the size and color of a grouse,—a ptarmigan, no doubt. The Rim of the Desert We passed a few horns of deer, killed three ptarmigans, and saw a pair of ducks. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 She knows one such husband who quite quails before his wife, "and I'm not surprised," adds Mrs. R., "for I know her, and she's a regular ptarmigan." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 Her black hair lay right over him, and she was as soft and warm to the touch as a ptarmigan when it is frightened and its blood throbs. Weird Tales from Northern Seas In 1910, 1,200 ptarmigan from Norway, bound for the Chicago market, passed through the port of New York,—not by any means the first or the last shipment of the kind. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Mr. Tisdale was telling the ptarmigan yarn—it's wonderful the power he has to hold the interest of a crowd of men—and the chance was too good to miss. The Rim of the Desert The wood which composed the light framework of the cart being now disposable as fuel, we were glad to make use of it in cooking a few ptarmigan, which afforded us another sumptuous meal. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 October 12th, First ptarmigan seen about the fort. The New North A frightened ptarmigan screamed and fluttered a few yards away, but everything else stood as if awaiting a word which never was spoken. A Happy Boy All the grouse and ptarmigan of Montana need a five-year close season. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation "But likely it was then, while you was freighting the outfit around to the glacier, you came across those ptarmigan." The Rim of the Desert Moose frequent the region, too, but are not numerous, whilst land game, such as prairie chickens, ptarmigan, and a grouse resembling the "fool-hen," is rather plentiful. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 With glee is hailed the honk of the first wild goose, the coats of ptarmigan and rabbit thin and darken. The New North The papers, which range in subject from ptarmigan to cairngorms, are written with an engaging simplicity and directness, and show a sympathetic knowledge of wild nature such as is the reward only of long familiarity. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 21, 1914 Behold how she has resolutely locked the doors of her empty cage after all these species have flown: Elk, antelope, wild turkey, passenger pigeon, whooping crane, sage grouse, ptarmigan and curlew. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The next night I was traveling by a sort of sedge when I heard ptarmigan. The Rim of the Desert One deer and a few arctic ptarmigan were my only trophies. Tent Life in Siberia The coat of fox and rabbit and ptarmigan whitens, too. The New North I felt relieved, for as we were getting closer and closer with every shot, it seemed possible that if the ptarmigan sat there long enough we might eventually have hit him. Tales of lonely trails Fancy a city in the center of the United States sending to Norway for 1,500 ptarmigan, to eat, as Chicago did in 1911; and that was only one order. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation I was mighty reckless about that second ptarmigan, but the water the birds were cooked in made a fine soup. The Rim of the Desert Among these are the common barn and chimney swallows, crows, ravens, magpies, thrushes, plover, ptarmigan, and a kind of grouse known to the Russians as "teteref." Tent Life in Siberia The Curé, he like ptarmigan," he observed, "but," he added in a matter-of-fact voice, "the Curé like not Aurore—he have tell you, hein? O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Upon rounding an out-cropping of rock we flushed a flock of ptarmigan—soft gray, rock-colored birds about the size of pheasants, and when they flew they showed beautiful white bands on their wings. Tales of lonely trails Sometimes he took ptarmigan—those whistling, sprightly grouse of the high steeps—and Beatrice served uncounted numbers of them, like the famous blackbirds, baked in a pie. The Sky Line of Spruce The trapper had searched but a short distance, when he caught sight of a single ptarmigan under the opposite bank. The Lost Trail When Katherine heard the long, laughing chuckle of the ptarmigan, or saw the trailing flights of geese headed northward, she could have shouted and sung from sheer lighthearted joy at the coming of spring. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods After a time, the ptarmigan ceased her struggling. White Fang Albert, who was a less experienced hunter than Ralph, preferred a fowling-piece to the rifle; especially as he had no expectation of shooting anything but ptarmigan. Boyhood in Norway That night I get one ptarmigan, and we are very hungry. Love of Life and Other Stories It was the ptarmigan, and he sprung exultingly forward and picked it up. The Lost Trail Katherine exclaimed in pleased surprise, as she came down the portage path, laden with a great reed basket filled with ptarmigan eggs. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods It was better to eat small live things like ptarmigan chicks, and to let alone large live things like ptarmigan hens. White Fang To his great delight, his mother had gone down to the judge's to sell some ptarmigans, and his father had gone to fell some timber up in the glen. Boyhood in Norway I kill three ptarmigan with the woman’s revolver, and we are made somewhat strong again. Love of Life and Other Stories Though we did not eat the entire boar, we made a very large hole in him, while the ptarmigan was but a mouthful. Pellucidar A bevy of white-gowned girls rose like a covey of ptarmigans, and whirled flags of maroon and gray. The Redheaded Outfield He knew clearly what was to be done, and this he did by promptly eating the ptarmigan. White Fang He could take a ptarmigan from its nest, kill a rabbit as it slept, and snap in mid air the little chipmunks fleeing a second too late for the trees. The Call of the Wild He exhausted the mother ptarmigan; but he exhausted himself. Love of Life and Other Stories In the case of the ptarmigan the evidence is clear that the existing autumnal feathers do change, more or less completely, to white. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Some geese and ptarmigans were killed and a good many of both kinds of birds were seen, as well as some ducks. The Long Labrador Trail In the afternoon he blundered upon a ptarmigan. White Fang Bell most opportunely chanced to shoot a white hare and several ptarmigans, which made an agreeable variety from the pemmican and salt meat. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras He made a clutch as startled as was the rise of the ptarmigan, and there remained in his hand three tail-feathers. Love of Life and Other Stories Partridges, spruce hens, ptarmigan, rabbits, ducks, and geese are usually abundant enough to fill the provision list. The Forest Reindeer and ptarmigan disappeared, and before spring they were on the verge of starvation. The Long Labrador Trail The ptarmigan dragged him out of the bush. White Fang They shot partridges, ptarmigans, and snow ortolans, which are delicious eating. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras It was a fearful cry, but the fox, leaping away in fright, did not drop the ptarmigan. Love of Life and Other Stories The birds, ptarmigans, puffins, ducks, &c., which had deserted the island in the beginning of the winter, now returned in large numbers. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude Shortly after the Eskimos left us we heard some ptarmigans clucking outside, and Easton knocked three of them over with Potokomik’s rifle. The Long Labrador Trail He was always a little demon of fury when he chanced upon a stray ptarmigan. White Fang Was it, then, so inhospitable, that not so much as a sea-gull or a ptarmigan could find a shelter? The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras The mother ptarmigan beat about him with great outcry. Love of Life and Other Stories Partridges and ptarmigans on their way to the south passed over the fort in great numbers, and supplied fresh and wholesome meat. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude I scouted alone all day and in my wanderings came upon the first ptarmigans of the trip and shot one of them with my rifle. The Long Labrador Trail The seven ptarmigan chicks and the baby weasel represented the sum of his killings. White Fang He's out in the wood with his father, shooting ptarmigan.' Popular Tales from the Norse It was no uncommon thing now for him to stumble and fall; and stumbling once, he fell squarely into a ptarmigan nest. Love of Life and Other Stories A few months ago she lost a front tooth, too--broke it on some bird shot left in the breast of a ptarmigan she was eating. Look Back on Happiness A ptarmigan was boiled and divided between Easton and me, and with that and bread and butter from Edmunds’s box and hot tea we made a splendid supper. The Long Labrador Trail Not for nothing had he first seen the light of day in a lonely lair and fought his first fights with the ptarmigan, the weasel, and the lynx. White Fang He hunted and shot ptarmigan, some on the wing; he added grouse and rabbit meat to the scant larder of their "go light" outfit. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow But he could not stop, for the mother ptarmigan was running on. Love of Life and Other Stories "You'll hardly believe me when I tell you that I bought a brace of ptarmigans, bought them myself at the market for—guess!" Married On the second day they shot, with their rifles, seven ptarmigans. The Long Labrador Trail Then he remembered, and, turning on the back-track, started for home, carrying the ptarmigan in his mouth. White Fang Dazzling snow everywhere; silent, wild woods, ptarmigan, hares, and foxes. Shallow Soil He came upon a valley where rock ptarmigan rose on whirring wings from the ledges and muskegs. Love of Life and Other Stories Ideals were melting away, one after the other, and ptarmigans were not to be had under two crowns the brace. Married Waste and stony grounds are occupied by the chats, and even on the barren mountain summits the ptarmigan gets his living. Birds in Town and Village He recollected something, dropped the burden, and trotted back to where he had left the ptarmigan. White Fang I had been seen also by Mr. Case and one of his companions, who were on the western mountain-side above the fossil forest, shooting ptarmigans. Travels in Alaska And always the ptarmigan rose, whirring, before him, till their ker—ker—ker became a mock to him, and he cursed them and cried aloud at them with their own cry. Love of Life and Other Stories How cruel, how cruel! that life has not ptarmigans and strawberries to give to all men. Married And from the first of June it was closed time for hare and ptarmigan; there was but little left for me to shoot at all now. Pan It was by sheer blundering that he chanced upon the shrewdly hidden ptarmigan nest. White Fang A finch flew from her nest at my feet; and I almost stepped on a family of young ptarmigan ere they scattered, little bunches of downy brown silk, small but able to run well. Travels in Alaska A black fox came toward him, carrying a ptarmigan in his mouth. Love of Life and Other Stories On the following Friday, when she again suggested salt salmon for dinner, Lewis came home, carrying two ptarmigans! Married Leaves were yellowing; the potato-plants had grown to full height and stood in flower; the shooting season came round again; I shot hare and ptarmigan and grouse; one day I shot an eagle. Pan The ptarmigan struggled against him, showering blows upon him with her free wing. White Fang A ptarmigan is on a rock twenty yards distant, as if on show. Travels in Alaska Prince Albert making a detour after ptarmigan, leaving the Queen in the safe keeping of her devoted guides, to whom she refers so kindly as "taking the greatest care of her." Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 "I have bought ptarmigans at eightpence the brace; but—" she added in a more conciliatory tone, so as not to upset him altogether, "that was in a very cold winter." Married I shot a couple of ptarmigan, and cooked one of them at once; then I tied up the dog. Pan The late Hon. Adam Fergusson Blair, once a familiar of Spencer Grange, was remembered by some fine Scotch grouse, ptarmigan and a pair of capercailzie, in splendid feather, brought from Scotland. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present On the way down to my sled I saw four more ptarmigans. Travels in Alaska The valley was filled with the purr of running water; from their rocks the whistlers called forth their soft notes; up on the green plain the ptarmigan were fluting, and rising in white-winged flocks. The Grizzly King The pony was grey, and Mary was grey, for she wore a neat little homespun habit made by the local tailor, and a neat little felt hat with, a ptarmigan's feather. Phantom Fortune, a Novel In winter, I come walking along, and see, perhaps, the tracks of ptarmigan in the snow. Pan Now and again the hunters gave a start, as a ptarmigan, roused from its slumbers, went whirring away. Lost in the Air Snowbirds and ptarmigan were flying briskly in the cold wind, and on the edge of a grove I saw a spruce from which a bear had stripped large sections of bark for food. Travels in Alaska He caught the glint of many ptarmigan wings in the sunlight below. The Grizzly King Unfavorable winds at Kaguiac delayed our sailing, so we passed the time in excursions after ptarmigans and mallards. American Big Game in Its Haunts Just before night fell, Morse shot two ptarmigan in the woods. Man Size Hares and ptarmigans turned white to hide on the snow, so that wolf and fox would pass close by without seeing them. Northern Trails, Book I. We saw some hobaras, also a bird called getah, smaller than a partridge, something like a ptarmigan, with its summer feathers, and head shaped like a quail. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. There were no whistlers, and no ptarmigan, and no fat little gophers running about. The Grizzly King The white grouse, or ptarmigan, is not a plentiful bird in Britain; but it is still found in the islands, and weighs about half a pound. The Book of Household Management He brought back a bag of four ptarmigan late in the afternoon. Man Size "Bears, wolves, deer, besides, of course, black game, capercailzie, ptarmigan—every thing one could desire." The Sowers They had been out about an hour when the Colonel brought down a ptarmigan, and said he was ready to go home. The Magnetic North He had been out since breakfast, and only shot a brace of ptarmigan, although they are as thick as bees and quite tame. The Young Fur Traders White grouse, white game, or ptarmigan, is nearly the same size as the red grouse, and is found in lofty situations, where it supports itself in the severest weather. The Book of Household Management The ptarmigan and capercailzie were screaming from those upper regions; and the nimble roes, with their fawns, bounding through the green defiles below. The Scottish Chiefs The pinnated grouse, sage grouse, Bob White quail and ptarmigan exercise but little keen reason in self-protection. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations And yet men had begun to keep a hopeful eye on the river from the 10th of April, when a white ptarmigan was reported wearing a collar of dark-brown feathers, and his wings tipped brown. The Magnetic North At this moment a large flock of ptarmigan, startled by the double report, rose with a loud whirring noise about a hundred yards in advance, and after flying a short distance alighted. The Young Fur Traders Mode.—The ptarmigan, or white grouse, when young and tender, are exceedingly fine eating, and should be kept as long as possible, to be good. The Book of Household Management He missed; he hit; and the stupid ptarmigan, that were loath to fly, fell upon him in a rain of food—lives disrupted that his life might feed and live. Smoke Bellew Some of our upland game birds, particularly the Franklin grouse and ptarmigan of the Rocky Mountains, display real mental deficiencies in the very necessary business of self-preservation. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations The "Salmi of ptarmigan" appeared as a great wash of gravy in which portions of the much cut-up bird swam in vain for their lives. The Magnetic North Zebra, giraffe, elephant, and rhinoceros are most common; ptarmigan and guinea-fowl were also plentiful. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Behind this wall, at the point, we found a family of ptarmigan. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador Still the ptarmigan did not fly, and he decided that it was heads or nothing. Smoke Bellew The game birds most nervous and foolish, and difficult to maintain in captivity, are the grouse, ptarmigan and quail. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations One or two of the party went hunting, now and then, for the scarce squirrel and the shy ptarmigan. The Magnetic North In the course of the day Hubbard shot three rock ptarmigans—"rockers," George called them. The Lure of the Labrador Wild We crossed to the island, north, and as we landed a white-winged ptarmigan flew back to where had just been enacted one of the endless succession of wilderness tragedies. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador Smoke nodded and waved his hand at the ptarmigan feathers that lay all about. Smoke Bellew We had been twelve or thirteen hours on horseback, not to mention occasional half-hours of pretty severe walking after the ptarmigan and plover. Letters from High Latitudes If the ptarmigans get the worst of it, then summer has won the game and fine weather may be expected to prevail through the winter. The Golden Bough We launched our canoe after a light luncheon of trout and a small ptarmigan George had shot. The Lure of the Labrador Wild First we ran across a flock of ten ptarmigan. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador Above him, among the spruce boughs, were ptarmigan. Smoke Bellew You may be quite sure our dinner went off merrily; the tetanus-afflicted salmon proved excellent, the plover and ptarmigan were done to a turn, the mulligatawny beyond all praise; but, alas! Letters from High Latitudes In the northern forests there is almost nothing except underbrush, and the foxes, rabbits, weasels, ptarmigans, and mosquitoes live close to the ground in the shelter of the branches. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America And when the ptarmigans were boiled what a glorious feast we had! The Lure of the Labrador Wild A ptarmigan whirred up, from the corner of my tent and I awoke to find the sun shining and everything outside sparkling with frost. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador A ptarmigan fluttered out in front of him, with a brood of tiny youngsters at her heels—Lord, what a shave!—he stopped short to avoid treading on them. The Great Hunger On the very morning, however, of the day settled for our departure, Fitz came down from a solitary expedition up a hill with the news of his having seen some ptarmigan. Letters from High Latitudes And then he strewed the table with the nuggets, stuffed ptarmigans, bead work and seal pelts of the returned Klondiker, and began to prate to us of his millions. The Four Million "Yes," said Hubbard, "put them all to cook, and we'll eat them for breakfast with that small trout Wallace caught and the two ptarmigan entrails." The Lure of the Labrador Wild Other game too, ducks, geese, and ptarmigan had become plentiful since we entered the caribou country, and now and then a few were taken to vary the monotony of the diet of dried caribou meat. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador Flowers on the table—the wine set to warm—the finest glass, the best silver—ptarmigan—how splendid! The Great Hunger Even then it was not too late to eat of the ptarmigan. The Son of the Wolf On the moulting of the ptarmigan, see Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain.' The Descent of Man In the afternoon George and I took the pistols and ascended a low ridge in the rear of the camp to look for ptarmigans. The Lure of the Labrador Wild A ptarmigan and her little family were running about among the bushes, and the men gave chase, coming back shortly afterwards with the mother bird and her little ones. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador There were no ptarmigan, no squirrels, no snowshoe rabbits,—nothing. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke And I bent above him, and tore the ptarmigan from his teeth. The Son of the Wolf Certain strictly monogamous species likewise hold nuptial assemblages; this seems to be the case in Scandinavia with one of the ptarmigans, and their leks last from the middle of March to the middle of May. The Descent of Man I looked where he pointed, and there on the rocks near George's feet lay a pile of ptarmigans and one small rabbit. The Lure of the Labrador Wild The proposal to go into camp had already been made when George discovered some ptarmigan high up the bank. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador But then, for the food, the chase was bad, very bad—no caribou, no hare, no ptarmigan, nothing for many days. The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature And he shot two ptarmigan, but would not eat them. The Son of the Wolf At our evening meal we ate the last of our ptarmigans and rabbit. The Lure of the Labrador Wild I picked them up and counted them with nervous joy; there were nine—nine ptarmigans, and the rabbit. The Lure of the Labrador Wild So again we supped on ptarmigan that night. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador Besides, he and Nataline had struck up a close friendship on the island, cemented during the winter by various hunting excursions after hares and ptarmigan. The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature |
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