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heath cock
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a grouse, Tympanuchus cupido americanus, common on the southern prairies.
See: prairie chicken(def. 1)
Quotations
1749
There are Abundance of . . . wild Fowl, Heath-Cocks and Hens, likewise Partridges, and Turkeys, and Sea Fowl in great Plenty.
1823
This species is an inhabitant of woody countries only, in which it differs from the Pinnated grouse of America ... better known to the Sportsmen of the New World under the appellation of the Prairie hen and Heath hen.