Willow ptarmigan by the fact that it is not generally found above the tree line while the rock ptarmigan prefers more elevated, barren habitat. The summer plumage is browner and in the winter, the male willow ptarmigan lacks the rock ptarmigan's black stripe between the eyes and bill. The white-tailed ptarmigan ("Lagopus leucura") in North America is smaller, has a white tail and finely-barred greyer plumage and lives permanently above the tree line. The distinctive British Isles subspecies "L. l. scoticus" (red grouse) was once considered a separate true British species but is now classified as a sub-species. This moorland bird is
Return to White Plume Mountain Return to White Plume Mountain Return to White Plume Mountain is an adventure module for the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" roleplaying game released in 1999 by Wizards of the Coast under its then recently acquired "TSR" imprint. It is set in the "World of Greyhawk" campaign setting and is a sequel to Lawrence Schick's 1979 module "White Plume Mountain". The 64-page book was written by Bruce R. Cordell and updates the legend of the eponymous mountain and its previous inhabitant, the sorcerer Keraptis. In the Greyhawk timeline, the events in the module are assumed to occur 20 years after the