willow grouse

Entom.: Lagopus alb us , from the northern portions of both hemispheres. It resembles the Ptarmigan in plumage, and, like that species, becomes white in winter. Called also White Grouse and White Ptarmigan. "With us there is no reason why it should a ume the white winter plumage like its congeners; and yet there can be no question that our bird is the local representative of the white willow -grouse which ranges over the whole of Northern Europe."-St. James's Gazette , Jan. 6, 1887. willow-herb, s. Botany: 1. The genus Epilobium and specially E. angusti . folium; called more fully the Rosebay willow herb, or simply the Rose-bay. It is a tall undershrub, four to six feet high, with scattered lanceolate, or linear lanceolate, veined, glabrous, willow-like leaves, three to six inches long (whence its name), irregular, rose-purple flowers an inch in diameter. It is found by moist river-sides and copses, chiefly in Scotland, also on the continent of Europe, in temperate Asia, and North America. Ale and vinegar are made in Kamtchatka from the fermentation of the pith dried and boiled; the young leaves are sometimes eaten, the mature ones are narcotic. From the scent of its flowers the plant is sometimes called Apple Pie. 2. Lysimachia vulgar is. *willow-lark, s. Ornith.: The Sedge-warbler. (Pennant: British Zool., ed. 1768, ii. 241.) willow-leaves, s . pl . called "Oven-birds." The Willow-wren is a graceful, active bird, flitting restle ly from twig to twig, and the song is loud and sweet. wil-low, wil-ly, v . t . [WILLOW, 8.] To open and cleanse, as cotton, by means of a willow. "When the cotton has been willowed ."-London Morning Chronicle. twil-lowed, a. [Eng. willow; -ed.] Abounding or planted with willows. "Along thy wild and willowed shore." Scott : Lay of the Last Minstrel, iv. wil-low-er, s. [Eng. willow , v.;-er.] The same as WILLOW, 8., B. 2.