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sage grouse †
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a species of grouse, Centrocerus urophasianus, found in arid regions where sage is plentiful.
Quotations
1871
British Columbia boasts of having seven or eight varieties of the grouse kind, the most abundant being the sage hen . . . and the spruce partridge or fool-hen, that is oftener knocked over with a stick than shot.
1952
In the very dry parts of the Okanagan there is a desert fauna including the pocket gopher . . . sage grouse. . . .
1956
The display includes the six native grouse species in the province: pinnated grouse (the true prairie chicken); sharp tailed grouse; sage grouse; ruffed grouse; ptarmigan; and spruce grouse or "fool hen."
1958
A field notebook sketch of a sage hen (a large grouse) to which were added complete data.