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heath-cock
The male of the heath-bird or Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix), the Blackcock; in N. America, the Canada grouse and other species.
1590R. Payne Descr. Irel. (1841) 7 Great store of wild Swannes, Cranes..Heathcocks, Plouers. 1674Ray Collect. Words, Birds 85 The common Heath cock, Black game or Grous. 1789G. White Selborne vi. (1853) 26 That was the heath-cock or black-game. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. xxxv, Until the heath-cock shrilly crew. 1893[see heath-hen]. |