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Canadian partridge
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a partridge-like game bird, Bonasa umbellus, occurring in many subspecies across Canada.
See: ruffed grouse
Quotations
1845
A Canadian partridge, or at least the thing so called, for it is a libel on our plump and juicy bird to designate it as a partridge is a dry, stringy, tasteless . . . morsel. . . .
1898
The loud drum of the Canadian partridge, or ruffed grouse, is echoing through the forest. . . .