Canada Grouse
“Canace canadensis. Canada Grouse. Spotted Grouse. Spruce Grouse. Spruce “Partridge.” Adult: Head smooth, but feathers susceptible of erection into a slight crest. A colored comb of naked skin over the eye, bright yellow or reddish when fully injected. Tail slightly rounded, of 16 feathers, a scant inch broad to their very ends. Tarsi full-feathered to the toes, which are naked, scaly, and fringed. Tail black, broadly tipped with orange-brown; its upper coverts without decidedly white tips. Under parts glossy black, extensively varied with white; under tail-coverts; sides and breast with white bars or semicircles; white spots bounding the throat; white spots on lore. Upper parts wavy - barred black and gray, usually also with some tawny markings on the back and wings.” Elliot Coues, 1884
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birds, grouse, ornithology, North American birds, omnivorous birds, non-migratory birds, Canace canadensis, Canada Grouse, Spotted Grouse, Spruce Grouse, Spruce PartridgeGalleries
Birds: F-GSource
Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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