canachites canadensis
31Gamebird hybrids — are the result of crossing species of game birds, including ducks, with each other and with domestic poultry. These hybrid species may occur both naturally or though the intervention of man. Charles Darwin described hybrids of game birds and… …
32sprucegrouse — spruce grouse n. A grouse (Canachites canadensis) that is dark gray barred with black, found in swampy forests of northern North America, and popular as a game bird. * * * …
33grouse — grouse1 grouseless, adj. grouselike, adj. /grows/, n., pl. grouse, grouses. 1. any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Cf. black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse …
34spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * …
35spruce grouse — ☆ spruce grouse n. a gray, black, and brown grouse (Canachites canadensis) of the spruce forests of N North America …
36Spruce Grouse — Not to be confused with Spruce Goose. Spruce Grouse a male of the nominate subspecies …
