dusky grouse

noun

1. blue grouse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dusky grouse¹

1820–30; Americanism

Example Sentences

The gallinaceous birds include the large blue grouse of the coast, replaced in the Rocky Mountains by the dusky grouse.

From Project Gutenberg

I have met with a few dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) in the mountains of Arizona, but they are by no means plentiful.

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The illustrations show the tracks and trail of a dusky grouse of ordinary size, and of an unusually big ruffed grouse cock.

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Game birds are represented by the dusky grouse and scaled quail, both desert types.

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