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sharp-tailed grouse

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

See: pheasant,pintailed grouse,prairie chicken(def. 2),prairie hen(def. 2)

Quotations

1785

Sharp-tailed Grouse.

1795

Sharp-tailed Grouse . . . are always found in the Southern parts of the Bay, are very plentiful in the interior parts of the country, and in some Winters a few of them are shot at York Fort.

1896

The sharp-tailed grouse and a few species of small deer were common in the bush covering the foothills.

1966

Up in the Hudson Bay region we have the sharp-tailed grouse and the willow ptarmigan. . . .