DCHP-3

pheasant

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a species of grouse, Pedicetes phasianellus, found in the West and North.

Quotations

1743
Pheasants are likewise smaller than in England. . . .
1823
The bird now under consideration is well known and common in the neighborhood of the Hudson's Bay settlements, where it is called the Pheasant or Sharp-tailed Grouse.
1896
Then there [is] the prairie-chicken, or the sharp-tailed grouse . . . which in the North Country is called pheasant.
1959
Sharp-tailed Grouse [is also called] pheasant ("Hudson Bay" . . .)
2n.

See quote.

Quotations

1959
Ruffed Grouse [is also called] pheasant (N.B., "Keewatin," Sask., B.C.); pine pheasant (Eastern Canada). . . .