Photo by C. Reid] [Wishaw, N.B.
RED GROUSE.
This is one of the species in which the toes are feathered.
Grouse and Ptarmigan.
The birds of this group are distinguished by the feathery covering which clothes the feet. In some grouse, however, the toes are bare. This causes them to resemble the Pheasant group, from which they may be distinguished by the fact that the toes are fringed with horny processes forming a sort of comb.
Photo by W. F. Piggott] [Leighton Buzzard.
PTARMIGAN.
In winter these birds don a snow-white livery.