When he arrived at the shop, he glanced in at the windows; but among the wild-cats, ptarmigan, black game, mallards, and what not, there was nothing to arrest his attention; it was a stag's head he had in his mind.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
The combined efforts resulted in a long line of ptarmigan, two reindeer and sixteen hares.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
I was courting gastric desire, but the ptarmigan was engaged in another kind of courtship.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook