tetrao

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noun The leading genus of Tetraonidæ, formerly including all the grouse, but subsequently variously restricted, now to the capercaillie, T. urogallus, and some closely related species. See cut under capercaillie.

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The heath-hen (_tetrao cupido_), or as it is here called, the

A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
It was then familiarly known as the Seeds-ke-dee-agie, or Prairie Hen (_tetrao urophasianus_) river;

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
We shot this day two prairie hens, (tetrao umbellus) on which we supped, having dined on some jerked buffalo, brought by Rogers from the

Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811 1819
Quails (tetrao corturnix, Lin.) are birds of passage from the coast of

Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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Rational Review 2009
(tetrao europhasianus) _ was occasionally seen among the sage.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851