DCHP-1 Online
prairie fowl † Hist. 
a grouse, Tympanuchus cupido americanus, common on the southern prairies.
See also: prairie chicken (def. 1)
- 1886 Grouse, pheasants, prairie fowl, or partridge, [shall not be taken] between the first day of January and the first day of September.
- 1952 They put up pickled fish and jellied venison, made pemmican and salted bear hams, pressed goose and duck and prairie fowl. . . .
- 1886 Grouse, pheasants, prairie fowl, or partridge, [shall not be taken] between the first day of January and the first day of September.