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Range (Northern parts of Labrador)

Northern parts of Labrador northward to Greenland. "They prefer more open ground, and rarely straggle even into the skirts of the wooded tracts. The hilltops and barrens (hence often called the Barren Ground Bird) are their favorite resorts" (Turner). 303. Lagopus welchi Brewst. WELCH'S PTARMIGAN. Ad. ♂ in summer. Upper parts black, the head and neck barred with white and ochraceous-buff, the back and wing-coverts finely and irregularly marked with wavy lines of buffy and white; tail grayish fuscous, the middle feathers tipped with white; throat white, foreneck like the hind neck, breast and sides like the back: rest of the under parts white. 9. - Upper parts black, finely and irregularly barred with ochraceous-buff, grayish, and white; central tail-feathers like the back, others fuscous; foreneck, breast, and sides like the hind neck; belly white. Winter plumage. - White, tail fuscous, the central feathers tipped with white; lores black. W., 7·25; B. from N., 35; depth of B. at N., 32.