rock grouse

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a chubby, partridge-like fowl, Lagopus rupestris, of the Barren Grounds.

Quotations

1823

Captain Sabine has distinguished the Rock Grouse from the Ptarmigan as a distinct species.

1853

The habits of the "rock" and "willow" grouse are very similar.

1959

Rock Ptarmigan [is also called] rock grouse ("Hudson Bay"). . . .