snow-quailn.U.S. the white-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus.
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1895 W. R. Ogilvie-GrantGame-birds I. 45 In the Rocky Mountain region it is generally known by the very appropriate name of ‘White’ or ‘Snow’ Quail.