FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
LAGOPUS, LAGOPEDE
Excerpted and Adapted from Escoffier, A. and P.H. Gilbert. Edited by Charlotte Turgeon and Nina Froud. 1961. The World Authority. Larousse Gastronomique. The Encyclopedia of Food, Wine & Cookery.
or the Pyrenean partridge has tawny plumage with thin black streaks in summer. In winter it turns almost completely white, except for touches of black on the tail. It is because of the winter plumage that this bird is sometimes called snow partridge.
The bird is much sought-after for the table, in spite of its slightly bitter flavor, which is due to the fact that it feeds on birch-shoots, myrtle berries and other mountain berries.