American Ptarmigan and White-tailed Grous

Robert Havell after John James Audubon

National Gallery of Art

This painting features two birds standing on a rocky terrain with a distant mountainous background. One bird is resting with its head lowered, showing intricate patterns of white, brown, and black on its feathers. The other bird stands upright, displaying a primarily white body with gray details and red markings around its eye. The background showcases gradients of blue, suggesting a calm sky with overlapping silhouettes of mountains.