ptarmigan

1.Any of various game birds in the family Tetraonidae (order Galliformes), including the prairie chicken and ptarmigan, or the sandgrouse (order Columbiformes).

鸡形目松鸡科的几种猎。包括草原鸡、雷和沙鸡（鸠鸽目）。

2.Most of the birds that have ent the brief summer on the tundra now disa ear, leaving only the golden eagle, the gyrfalcon, the ptarmigan, and the owy owl to brave the sunle northern winter.

在苔原度过短暂夏天的大部分类现已消失，只剩下、隼、松鸡和雪色的猫头来迎接这没有太阳的北极之冬。