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willow partridge
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a widely distributed ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus albus.
See: willow ptarmigan
Quotations
1743
The willow Partridge which is Larger than those above mention'd is the same colour Excep't the black from the Eye to the Bill. . . .
1896
One, the willow-partridge, is a very handsome bird, with a black throat and head and scarlet eyebrows, and a brownish body handsomely mottled with orange.
1959
Willow Ptarmigan [is also called] willow partridge (. . . "Keewatin")
2
a partridge-like game bird, Bonasa umbellus, occurring in many subspecies across Canada.
See: ruffed grouse
Quotations
1959
Ruffed Grouse [is also called] willow partridge (Man.).